– Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind actress Kate Winslet, on how she gets into character
• "The last marriage that was televised was Prince Charles and Lady Di, and that didn't work out too well."
– Donald Trump, on why he decided against airing his Jan. 22 nuptials to Melania Knauss
• "I find the whole Beyonce thing really mystifying. She's not sexy, she hasn't got a great body and she's not a great singer."
– American Idol judge Simon Cowell, to Esquire magazine
• "He had it all. A little bit of devil, a whole lot of angel, wit, charm, good looks, superb timing and great, great class."
– Bette Midler, on Johnny Carson
•"All of us who came after are pretenders. We will not see the likes of him again."
– Late Show host David Letterman, on Carson's legacy
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– Minnie Driver, to Ellen DeGeneres, on not being able to eat while wearing a corset for Phantom of the Opera
• "I wanted to play guitar, but my hands weren't big enough. So my parents said, 'Start on piano,' which sucked. I appreciate it now, but back then, ugh."
– Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, whose rock band is up for six Grammys, mainly for its No. 1 album American Idiot
• "Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are talking about making a sequel to the '70s classic Taxi Driver. It will be called, You Talkin' to Me, Focker?
– Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey
