“Michael Stipe from R.E.M. once told me to wear tighter trousers. We did and we had a number one in America.†—Coldplay’s Chris Martin [Q Magazine via Spinner]
“The point of RoboCop, of course, is it is a Christ story. It is about a guy that gets crucified after 50 minutes, then is resurrected in the next 50 minutes and then is like the super-cop of the world, but is also a Jesus figure as he walks over water at the end.†—Paul Verhoeven [MTV]
“The top of the hit parade would look very different if teenyboppers were exposed to heroin. It would weed a lot of them out. I don’t think Justin Bieber could handle [Pink Floyd member and heavy user] Syd Barrett’s habit … A lot of people in their journey to rehab overdose, and then, perhaps, we would be spared their awful music.†—Russell Brand [NYP]
“He sent me only my scenes when I said I would do the movie — you read only what you do … It’s going to be the first movie that when it opens, I know nothing about. I can’t wait till Cannes and sit down there like a normal member and see a movie I don’t know what it’s about. … When I was 25 years old, I worked in Madrid with a t-shirt with his face, and so, just being on the set and seeing the same guy on my t-shirt — he is literally the same guy because he wears the same glasses and the same hat — it was quite impressive.†—Antonio Banderas on working with Woody Allen on You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger [Mirror UK]
“I loved the idea of doing something that was purely creative, weird and wonderful and not a commercial venture. Ideas were emailed and then developed at Stuart [Pearson Wright]’s studio over cupcakes and tea and under the skeleton of his dog and a film piece was decided on: a collision of our worlds.†—Keira Knightley on filming a ten-minute short film for free [Independent UK]
“I tend to look back — you know, I am pretty old — to look back at the favorite films that I have done. … In terms of my favorite experience with a film, there was a project with John Schlesinger called The Innocent with Tony Hopkins and Campbell Scott. It wasn’t very successful commercially, and yet I remember the experience of making the film as one of my favorites because John Schlesinger was such a fantastic director.†—Isabella Rossellini [Movieline]
“This one, my lyrics are better, my lyrics are on another level. My beats are on another level. I’m richer. I look better and I’m more successful, it’s an upgrade.†—Soulja Boy on his upcoming solo album [BET]
“It’s still tough to bring equipment down. For each shot, because the technology is not really advanced, we had to build own camera from zero using a specific configuration of lenses and mirrors. We are doing something nobody has done with 3D.†—Werner Herzog on his documentary about cave paintings [Roger Ebert via ArtsBeat/NYT]
“When Chris gets up to say the eulogy, ‘My father was born in 1938, 1938. That year, Time magazine named Hitler man of the year.’ And we’re all sitting there — mind you, we’ve all read the script, but when he’s doing it, it sounds like standup. He’s trying to be serious. We were laughing like you wouldn’t believe. ‘My fah-thah … ’ And you know he has those big teeth. ‘My f … My fah-thah … ’ We were laughing so hard when he did that. Even Jimmy [Marsden], who was supposed to be high on acid or whatever. That day was so funny, to see Tracy Morgan, like, crying and Danny Glover fast asleep.†—Zoe Saldana on Death at a Funeral [LAT]