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Silly Star Sayings

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, "It's in the script." If he says, "But what's my motivation?" I say, "Your salary." (Photo: Sanford Roth/AMPAS)

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Julia Roberts "I only put clothes on so that I'm not naked when I go out shopping." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Jessica Simpson "Is this chicken what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna but it says Chicken, by the Sea." (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Britney Spears "Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about." (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
Christina Aguile... "So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?" (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)
Brooke Shields "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Linda Evangelist... "I don't diet. I just don't eat as much as I'd like to." (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
Kate Moss "To say this book is about me (which is the main reason I was uncomfortable – me, me, me, me, me… frightening!) is ridiculous. This book is not about me." Model Kate Moss, speaking about her eponymous book "Kate: The Kate Moss Book" (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Agent Provocateur)
Mariah Carey "When I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff." (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
John Wayne "I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." (Photo: David Sutton)
Paris Hilton "What’s Wal-Mart? Do they sell, like wall stuff?" (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
R.Kelly "All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through." R. Kelly, referring to himself during while on trial for child pornography. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Samuel Goldwyn "Give me a couple of years and I'll make that actress an overnight success." (Photo: Paul Hesse)
Cyndi Lauper "If you have intercourse you run the risk of dying and the ramifications of death are final." Lauper was referring to the AIDS epidemic. (Photo: NBC)
Zsa Zsa Gabor "I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house." (Photo: John Engstead)
Alfred Hitchcock... When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, "It's in the script." If he says, "But what's my motivation?" I say, "Your salary." (Photo: Sanford Roth/AMPAS)
Mamie Van Doren When she said, "He's the type of man who will end up dying in his own arms," Mamie Van Doren was speaking of... (Photo: David Livingston / Getty Images)
Warren Beatty ...actor Warren Beatty. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Arnold Schwarzen... "I love Thanksgiving turkey… it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Lawrence Welk "There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them." (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Groucho Marx "Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member." (Photo: Paramount)