“The world needs Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber is like the white Tupac. Compared to a lot of people.†—Mark Wahlberg [Buzzfeed]
“She called [singer] Sean [Foreman] a little bitch, and she said she wanted to rape ‘the tall one.’ We both were taken aback a little bit, and we were like, “This chick is more like a dude, no doubt.†—3OH!3 singer Nathaniel Motte on the first time he met future collaborator Ke$ha [Today]
“Had we gone to trial, we had ready an expert from the Masters and Johnson Institute who was going to testify that in 30 years of research on masturbation the institute had never found one person who masturbated with his or her non-dominant hand. I’m right-handed, and the police report said I was jerking off with my left hand. That would have been the end of the case right there, proof it couldn’t have been me.†—Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman, on his public-masturbation arrest [Playboy via Fox]
“I am not OK with a film about me when I have not been told about it and when I have not given my agreement to the person playing my role. … No one [can play me].†—Brigitte Bardot on Jaime King playing her in a biopic [Guardian UK]
“He’s a sweet guy and super funny … and a really good kisser.†—Christina Ricci on Bel Ami co-star Robert Pattinson [InStyle]
“I’m not interested in anything to do with Courtney [Love] anymore. I’ve completely broken my relationship with her. I’ve always considered her a great artist, but I want nothing to do with her. … [Pavement is] just annoying. I think history has judged the bands appropriately: My band continues to be a source of excitement, and their band continues to be a source of record critics’ masturbatory diatribes.†—Billy Corgan [Spin]
“Everybody talks about the Oscar curse. People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that’s partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day. I thought, If I’m going down, I’m going down taking chances and daring to risk. Hence … Catwoman.†—Halle Berry [Vogue]
“I come from a big Italian family and the pressure is not really anything I’ve been raised to feel. I’ve always been proud of my body, my Jewish nose and all of that. Hollywood’s Hollywood, but that’s not going to change.†—Glee’s Lea Michele [Us]