“Horror, even when it is a new product, it’s still a safe bet. Someone goes, ‘Oh, what’s that about?’ You go, ‘It’s a horror movie.’ That’s a good enough explanation most of the time. But with other movies, you have to go, ‘What’s The Reader about?’ Or Revolutionary Road.†—Rob Zombie on the consistent appeal of horror movies [LAT]
“Me and Maya, by this point, were deep in our relationship, close to getting married. The record is about killing each other but also loving each other more than anything in the world. But, also, we were watching The Wire a lot at the time and I pinched some lines for it.†—Diplo on the origins of “Paper Planes†[Guardian]
“No, I did pull my trousers down, but that’s because I had an altercation with the doorman. He wouldn’t let me take my drink out. I did leave as the plug was pulled, but it wasn’t me and it wasn’t anything to do with me.†—Damon Albarn on the rumor that he pulled the fire alarm at a Vampire Weekend show [Pitchfork]
“I think nobody will admit it, because it’s like a dirty little secret.†—Alexandra Pelosi thinks documentaries are boring [NYT]
“I can’t speak for Tom, but I didn’t want to be a lawyer again. We were both funny lawyers. I didn’t want to do a lawyer, I didn’t want to do forensics, I didn’t want to work in an ER.†—Eric McCormack chose to play an advertising art director in Trust Me because he was running out of stock television characters [NYT]
“Buying a new Bentley off the lot with no co-sign at 17 years old.†—Young Jeezy on what it felt like to vote for Obama [MTV]
“YOOOO WHY WON’T YOU LET ME BE GREAT!!! I HAD THE TWO GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE AND WHEN I GET BACK FROM THE LOUIE SHOW I READ SOME SHIT CLAIMING I SAID I’M DOWN TO DO PORN AND SOME BISEXUAL PORN!!!!†—Kanye West [Kanye Universe City]