Say What?
SAY WHAT? -- CELEBRITY QUOTES

"I'm sitting there without many clothes on.There's millions of people watching. And the only thing I can think is that Claire's done scenes with Brad Pitt.I'm Velveeta.He's brie."
The modest Freddie Prinze Jr.,on doing love scenes with Claire Forlani in "Boys and Girls."Forlani got to lock lips with Pitt in "Meet Joe Black."

"I was on a date with this weird girl. She kept flicking me in the head,and it hurt - a lot.She thought it was funny.I didn't,so I left." MTV's Carson Daly,on the worst date he's ever had,to Seventeen magazine.

"What's Buffy got? A wooden stake some garlic.Xena has a full arsenal of weapons - she kicks arsenal." Lucy Lawless,claiming that Xena could kick Buffy's behind,to Stuff magazine.

"I was so happy and sunny at school that the other kids just hated me. I had to hide in the teacher's parking lot once because this huge group of girls wanted to beat me up - just for being so happy."
Singer Brandy,on her back-to-school blues, to Jumpmagazine.

We had a doctor a couple of years ago say that our ears are going bad because there's a certain pitch that those girls send out that will deafen you. So we have these in-ear monitors now that block out most of the screaming."
'N Sync's Lance Bass,on the hardships of having millions of girls scream out their affections.

"Growing up,all the other girls at school were taking dance.They thought it was weird that I was into archery. But I didn't worry about what they thought.I went for what's important to me."
Karen Scavotto,who is about to head Down Under for the Olympics,to YM magazine. Karen is the youngest member of the U.S. archery team.

"I've always been comfortable in my body. I mean,I really have no choice - I am always going to be me no matter what. I've never understood the point of comparing myself to someone else."
Actress Thora Birch,who starred in the award- winning "American Beauty."

"My first big paycheck was from'To Die For. 'It wasn't that big,but I thought I was a millionaire!I was living in L.A. with my brother Ben at the time,so I bought him a Pentium I computer.It's the computer that he wrote 'Good Will Hunting'on."That was a great machine."
Actor Casey Affleck to Seventeen magazine

"College would be incredible if you didn't have to study,but that's the priority."
Actress Natalie Portman,who's studying psychology at Harvard, to Jump magazine

"When I was 8 years old,I went to camp. We had just come back from the pool,and I had forgotten an extra pair of underwear,so I just put my shorts on. Later,during an assembly,this boy I had a crush on pulled my pants down,and I had nothing on underneath.I was so mortified, I ran back to the pool and stayed there all day."
Singer Pink,on her most embarrassing moment,to Teen People

"I only wear these crop tops because other clothes would make me sweat when I dance."
Britney Spears on her tiny tops to InStyle magazine.

"I can't go to a dinner party by myself,but in front of 10,000 people.I cannot be shy."
Singer Enrique Iglesias,who says he's a shy guy who loves performing onstage.

"I always joke about wanting to marry Eminem. I think he's really talented."
actress Julia Stiles,to Seventeen magazine.

"I'm dating myself.I'm taking myself out to dinner."
Actress Winona Ryder,on who she's seeing since breaking up with Matt Damon.

"Puberty was definitely awkward for me.I grew up in Oklahoma,and I think I weighed a whopping 85 pounds in eighth grade.And in Oklahoma,if you don't play sports, they basically throw you in the trash."
James Marsden,who plays "X-Men" leader Cyclops, on feeling like an outcast.

"It was cool reading 'Tuesdays with Morrie'by Mitch Albom.It reveals what's really important in life - who you are,what you believe,who you touch.After I read it,I wanted to go out and have fun and not take things so seriously."
"Roswell" star Shiri Appleby.

"The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend.It worked - he did notice me - but I don't recommend it."
Jennie Garth,reflecting on her high school days

"I've been a huge fan of the show for many years.My wife,Teri,got me started watching and I've been a fan ever since.I make no bones about it:I think The Young and the Restless'is the best show on television."
Minnesota Gov.Jesse Ventura

"I totally love it when people recognize me.It's fun, a huge honor,and I don't mind it at all.I don't think I'm famous,though.I'm your normal teen-age girl who has normalteen-age dilemmas she has to deal with,like boys and etc."
That '70s girl Mila Kunis

"It wasn't my first female kiss -I had to kiss a woman in'If These Walls Could Talk 2.'But this was different.Martin had these prune lips and so much latex and foundation on his face that I was afraid of messing up his makeup."
Nia Long,on kissing the cross-dressed Martin Lawrence in "Big Momma's House."

"His mother and I held each other's hands."
MI2's director John Woo,on Tom Cruise's mom watching her son do the cliff-climbing stunt for the movie
"In high school,I would have done anything to look cool.I got beat up every day and kids spat on me,but I was so little and outnumbered that I couldn't fight back.To look cooler,I would try to tell a joke or two. It never worked back then,but look at me now!"
Funny man Chris Rock
"Some of the things you do to look cool can really come back to haunt you.I've gotten a few tattoos in an attempt to look cool.I like some of them,but I just did this movie with a lot of shirtless scenes.It wasn't so cool when the makeup people had to spend hours spray-painting my chest with foundation to cover all my tattoos."
Ben Affleck, on being and not being cool

"I think it's somewhat ironic that Eminem's becoming everything he's bashing.He's become a pop act."
Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees,to Entertainment Weekly Online

"I used to hang with the Crips and the Bloods. We did stuff we thought was cool, like stealing and breaking things. Fortunately, I got out of it by playing sports and finding friends who didn't pressure me to do anything I didn't want to do - which I realized was really being cool."
Ice Cube,on what being cool is really all about

"A lot of my clothes are just what I wear to hide things I don't like about my body.I wake up and think, OK,what's gonna make my butt look smaller today? I have the same issues as any girl."
Glam gal and No Doubt diva Gwen Stefani

"I'm head over heels in love,but it's really hard with all this travel and my crazy lifestyle."
Singer Christina Aguilera,on her new beau, dancer Jorge Santos.

"With Keri's hair growing like a weed,we know that next season will be our best ever."
"Felicity" actor Scott Foley,on how his show will do better after star Keri Russell's locks are longer.

"When I was a little kid,I took tap and ballet.I've always loved to dance.I'm a rhythm machine."
Rocker Tommy Lee

"We never took baths.We'd just jump in the river."
That '70s star Ashton Kutcher,on growing up as a country boy

"I'm ready to ditch the movies and keep at the books."
Actress and college student Natalie Portman

"When I first got in the business,people were like,'Oh,you need to be thinner.'It made me self-conscious for a minute.Then I was like,'Why do I have to live up to the ideal of someone else?'That's so ridiculous."
Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez

"When you meet a girl you like,you just like her. There's not much more to it."
Singer Ike Hanson of Hanson

The under-30 crowd tells Movieline magazine --
What is it like to be rich and famous?

"I'm pretty grounded,but I'm scared of being a celebrity. Because as much as I'm kind of out-there,I'm really an observer. "I like to watch people.And you can't be an observer if you're famous."
Glam gal and newlywed Angelina Jolie

"There is no handbook that you can buy on what it's like to become famous and what you do to survive it.I can't just go to Barnes & Noble and get it.I had to endure it on my own and make my own mistakes and realize that things are going to happen that are inevitable."
Superstar Leo DiCaprio

"I'm lucky.I grew up being famous,so I don't have any weird things about being famous.I imagine it must be harder if fame hits in the middle of your life.I wouldn't know how someone handles that."
Famous face Drew Barrymore

More quotes

"I don't fool with drugs.I would have a father if it wasn't for drugs,bottom line."
Actor Freddie Prinze Jr.

"I can't stand the Internet.Things like Web sites, they freak me out.I looked at a site once - someone had done Kate Winslet,whatever it is,www dot blah blah - and I was just so stunned.It was talking about the most ridiculous things about me.Some of it was true,and some of it was not true."
Actress Kate Winslet

"I've only been driving for about three months. When I drive the truck,I get to go really fast. It's not a stick shift,thank God,but it's a lot of car."
Actress Natalie Portman,18,who gets to drive a pickup truck in her latest flick,"Where the Heart Is"

"They have to hold on to some of the sweetness of the show.The girls can't be too tough.They can't be too mean-spirited.You have to feel like they really like each other,but they're in control and have some power in the world. That turns everyone on."
Cheryl Ladd, one of the original"Charlie's Angels",on her advice to the stars of the new film version of the hit 1970's TV show

"People think I'm Janeane Garofalo. It's become something of a joke.I don't know what it is.That we both have dark hair?"
Actress Minnie Driver

"You can't call a guy a diva,can you? A divo, maybe."
Heartthrob Enrique Iglesias

"I'd like a guy to be kind,smart,cute and funny - in that order.I strive for all four,but I'll settle for three."
Rachael Leigh Cook,star of "She's All That"

"We were throwing popcorn at everybody,and trying to hit Bill Clinton in the head.He wouldn't participate, but it was such a blast."
'N Sync's Lance Bass,who recently sang at the White House

"I'm so out of it.I was like,'Who are those guys with the bad hair?"
"American Beauty's" Oscar-winning screenwriter Alan Ball,on following 'N Sync down the red carpet at the Academy Awards

"You're going to hear the sound of my agent fainting. I'll do it for free.I'm not kidding."
Actor Joshua Jackson,on how badly he wants the role of Anakin Skywalker in the next "Star Wars" prequel.

"Let's face it:I'm just a sex machine to both genders. It's all very exhausting.I need a lot of sleep."
Actor Rupert Everett

"I attended a very conservative high school,and we went through a period with those collared shirts with the tiny alligator near the pocket.I don't know why everyone wanted to look like everyone else.I also wore pink with green,which is a fashion mistake whether it's in or not."
Sandra Bullock, on her fashion faux pas

I feel like fame is wasted on me.I already feel like I don't want to have sex five times a day.It's kind of depressing."
Actor Ben Affleck

"I'm a tabloid person's dream. If someone said,'Whitney Houston had her ribs removed,'you'd go,'That's ridiculous!' If someone said,'Cher had her ribs removed, everybody would go,'You know,I heard that,too."
Cher

"It's strange to come home on weekends from my little 2-by-2 dorm that I share with five roommates."
Actress Claire Danes a Yale sophomore,on returning to her large Manhattan loft

"I do have a knife in my bed,but I usually just open my mail with it."
Actress and Oscar winner Angelina Jolie

"Guys want to know how they can get blue eyes like Dylan.Some guy actually asked me what drops Dylan uses to make his eyes so blue. I was like"No,you have to be born like that."
Actress Marla Sokoloff,who got to lock lips with Dylan McDermott in "Whatever It Takes"

"I think I probably care too much what people think about me."
Actor Matt Damon

"This song is dead! Just stop it! This is a nightmare!"
Singer Fiona Apple just before an onstage meltdown in Manhattan

"It's an enormous peace,the few times I have felt the presence in the room.I feel lit up.I'm not Carlos anymore;I'm not bound to DNA anymore.It's beyond sex. It's beyond anything that this world could give you a buzz.It makes me feel like Jesus embraced me and I'm bathed in light."
The supernatural Carlos Santana,on his fascination with angels

"Whenever I'm in a bad mood,I like to listen to traditional Mexican music,like mariachi bands,because it makes me feel like dancing instead of yelling. I also love Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin."
Actress Salma Hayek,on what makes her blue moods go away

"I think it's important to be different-looking at prom - everybody does black.It's good to stand out. You want to feel like a princess,so the more beads and flowers,the better."
Actress Kirsten Dunst,whose senior prom is in May

"If I could be anyone famous it would be Frank Sinatra.It would be cool to actually sing on key for a change."
Mark Hoppus of Blink 182,on which famous person he'd want to be

"When you first meet Chris,you wonder,'What is he thinking about? Football?'But he's actually very intelligent."
Actress Leelee Sobieski,on Chris Klein, her co-star in "Here on Earth"



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