“Yeah, I would like to work with [Lady Gaga]. It’d be cool. I think she’s fresh. I haven’t seen that before. What she’s doing now is new, with all the crazy dress codes and all that stuff. … A lot of things in music/entertainment are recycled. It’s gonna sound like a dis, but it’s no disrespect that you would see Lil Wayne wear a little black vest and that hat. I saw Cyndi Lauper wearing that; it was [just] on a different artist. And even the glasses that Jay-Z had on, that is Frank Sinatra. These are all iconic pieces coming back.†—50 Cent [Rap Up]
“Well the music was rubbish. … I mean they are great for what they were but for someone who read a lot of books and engaged in conversation with people quite a lot, I felt if I’m going to be a pop star I want to be a real pop star and I want to say real things.†—Lily Allen on the Spice Girls [Metro UK]
“He’s a great actor. I’ve seen him, and he’s terrific. A lot of [my Twitter followers] have been saying that he ought to have a chance to audition for the role. So I tweeted back by saying, as far as I’m concerned … anybody should have a chance to audition for the role. I certainly think he should have a chance to audition.†—Stan Lee on the “Donald Glove for Spider-Man†campaign [Splash Page/MTV]
“I really want to play Wonder Woman. I am obsessed with Wonder Woman.†—Jennifer Love Hewitt [“I wish we could do that with Friends. The thing is, the characters from Sex and the City hopped all over Manhattan. On Friends, we were always stuck in the apartment and that coffeehouse.†—Courtney Cox on a Friends movie [LAT]
“Les Grossman’s life story is an inspiring tale of the classic human struggle to achieve greatness against all odds. He has assured me he plans to, quote, ‘Fucking kill the shit out of this movie and make Citizen fucking Kane look like a piece of crap home movie by the time we are done.’ I am honored to be working with him.†—Ben Stiller on Tom Cruise’s Les Grossman movie [Coming Soon]
“It’s like mixed feelings. At first, I felt old. Number one, you feel old when they start remaking your stuff.†—Ralph Macchio, the original Karate Kid, on the Jackie Chan remake [Access Hollywood]
“The religious symbolism is not meant to denote anything negative, but represents the character’s battle between the dark forces of this world and the spiritual salvation of the Soul. Thus at the end of the film, she chooses to be a nun, and the reason her mouth and eyes disappear is because she is withdrawing her senses from the world of evil and going inward towards prayer and contemplation.†—Director Steven Klein on Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro†video [MTV]
“Mr. T has not seen the film and he did not make the comments attributed to him in several Internet articles … Mr. T appreciates your request for an interview, but at this time, particularly because he has not seen the film, he is not giving interviews on it.†—Mr. T’s lawyer on the supposed “it was too graphic†quote [PopWatch/EW]
“That’s what my Mommy told me! They were listening to Smokey [Robinson] on the clock radio.†—Tracy Morgan on how he was conceived [NYDN]
“Mr. T has not seen the film and he did not make the comments attributed to him in several Internet articles … Mr. T appreciates your request for an interview, but at this time, particularly because he has not seen the film, he is not giving interviews on it.†—Mr. T’s lawyer on the supposed “it was too graphic†quote [PopWatch/EW]
“Oh my goodness, I could grate cheese on that thing, y’all.†—Paula Deen on the Situation’s situation [CMT Awards via People]
“I sat there watching him and it was like watching a Beatle. The closest thing I’ve ever come to that frenzy. All the girls wanted to fuck him and all the guys wanted to fight him. I went to myself: ‘Wow man, I’m glad I didn’t get that part.’ But you know, secretly, I couldn’t help thinking that if I had got it maybe I could have lived exactly the life I wanted to. That I would never have had to worry about my career. Damn DiCaprio! ‘Damn that kid!’†—Titanic-auditioner Ethan Hawke on Leonardo DiCaprio [Telegraph UK]
“I rarely watch what I do, I just walk away from it. … [But] I watched the Madonna episode of Glee last night. I was in bed with my dogs and my cats all by myself, laughing! I turned to my dog and said, ‘You’re mommy’s funny!’†—Jane Lynch [Reuters via Jezebel]