“I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama’s life soon because I could play him. That’s the goal [laughs]. I watch all the addresses. Anytime I see him on TV, I don’t change the channel, I definitely pay attention and listen to the inflections of his voice. If you ask anyone who knows me, I’m pretty good at impressions. Slowly but surely, I’m not in the study mode because nobody’s called me about anything, but I just pay attention so when the day comes I’m not scrambling to learn how to speak like him. … I don’t want to do the basketball movie that everyone does. I don’t want to do the typical black film that everyone expects. I think that I have enough experience to actually be involved in a real meaty project full of substance.†—Drake [Paper]
“Alcide can offer a lot of things that the vampires can’t, such as a brunch date. He can take her out to brunch.†—True Blood’s Joe Manganiello on the merits of werewolves [Parade]
“The only ‘bookings’ that I’m familiar with are Disney Films, never thought that i’d be ‘booking’ into Jail… eeks.†—Lindsay Lohan [LindsayLohan/Twitter]
“I like the process not the sitting back and watching it. I haven’t even watched The Office since it went out on TV. It’s the creative process I enjoy. Nothing gives me an adrenalin rush like the idea. Nothing at all.†—Ricky Gervais [Guardian UK]
“I had the great opportunity to meet Brad [Pitt] a couple of times … what a beauty. He is beautiful and his physicality is so amazing to see. But the beauty really comes from different places — the way he talks, the way he’s interested in what you’re saying. And that body is like — wow. It’s amazing, no? He really made me feel very, like … I don’t know, like, I could fall in love with him! Like a teenage girl getting crazy and going [screams] like that.†—Javier Bardem [Elle via Fameblab]
“The show’s going to be great. The show has been very consistent and I’m just one part of this ensemble. The show is so strong and has such good writers, it will continue to be great. So the show’s not going anywhere.†—Steve Carell on leaving The Office [Parade]
“When I’m doing something funny, in that moment I sometimes think, I’ve ripped off either Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, or Ellen DeGeneres. … I’m dead serious—she’s my Justin Timberlake. I had a crush on her. Still do.†—Jason Sudeikis [GQ]
“There will be full frontal nudity. But it will not be cinematic nudity — it will be more violent nudity … For example, linked images of the Vietnam war — that kind of context.†—Inferno director Matthew Wilder on what we can expect from Lindsay Lohan’s character [Radar]