“I was going to say that when I got the DVD for ‘Schindler’s List’, one critic said, ‘You should have a box of tissues ready.’ And I was going to say, ‘That sounds a bit sick!’†—Ricky Gervais on the Holocaust joke that he didn’t tell at the Golden Globes [MTV]
“There are a lot of problems out there in the world, many of them serious, many of them that I care deeply about, but who am I, or any other actor, to get in the way of tradition?†—Leonardo DiCaprio on the Golden Globes [NYT]
“I did not see her on that show because nobody saw her on that.†—Mike Darnell, president of alternative entertainment for Fox, on new American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi’s previous television experience on The One [NYT]
“If — and this is a big if — Blink-182 were ever to re-form, it would have to be the most amazing, ridiculous, mind-blowing show and tour ever.†—Mark Hoppus confirms that Blink-182 will never get back together [MTV]
“He’s a talented artist, but if you put him in a space when we’re in direct competition, my consistency will break his neck.†—50 Cent on his new beef with Lil Wayne [MTV]
“He calls me in the middle of the night, ‘Come to the studio.’ I get there, this n—a pressed play, and everything he played was super-duper phenomenal, #1 [smash]. He’s singing, ‘So I went to get her in my spaceship.’ Craziest thing you ever heard in your life.†—Fat Joe on Lil Wayne [MTV]
“At the end of the day it’s my job to make sure I nail this. How could I come back to Brooklyn, how could I come back home and be a laughingstock? I live here.†—Jamal Woolard on playing Biggie [NYT]