“I slept in the car a lot. I wanted to experience everything the country had to offer. I got done [arrested] for taking a shower in the gas station. I just got under the [sink] faucet and turned it on. I was not naked. I had my jocks on. I was able to wash my hair.†—Eric Bana on his pre-fame life when he first moved to the U.S. [Contact Music]
“Piles of fucking. It’s basically just a lot of beanbag chairs with people fucking on them. It’s very uncomfortable. As the opening act, I have to help put it together.†—Eugene Mirman on “the fuck room†backstage on the Flight of the Conchords tour [AV Club]
“I think he’s interested just because he’s rarely offered Anglo parts. I think that’s one of the reasons it was very exciting [to him]. I don’t even think he read the book; I just think he read the script and said ‘Oh, this is an Anglo writer and you’re not casting a white dude? You’ve come to me?’†—Bret Easton Ellis on Benicio Del Toro playing him in the forthcoming Lunar Park [MTV]
“I felt damn sexy wearing it. And I took a lot of clandestine photographs in my trailer.†—Simon Pegg on wearing his Starfleet uniform for Star Trek [Hero Complex/LAT]
“I’ve actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration. When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It’s pretty mean but it’s true.†—Lily Allen [Contact Music]