– Christina Aguilera, equating her two-disc set, Back to Basics (due Aug. 15), with having babies, to Entertainment Weekly
• "Everyone said, 'You can't go on a ride in that dress,' and I said, 'I definitely can.' "
– Keira Knightley, about to ride Splash Mountain in a white Chanel gown, at the Disneyland premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• "We had the chance to tell each other we loved one another before he passed away."
– Tori Spelling, on reconciling with her TV mogul dad, Aaron Spelling, before his death June 23
• "You can feel it when you walk into an audition ... I knew that if I was having an off day there would have been people sitting there whispering, 'Goldie Hawn's daughter is horrible. She should really choose another career.' "
– Kate Hudson, on being compared to her actress mom in Hollywood, to Vogue
• "He doesn't really fit the demographic. So I could really care less. Look at me, and look at where he is – sorry!"
– Hilary Duff, responding to New York Times critic Stephen Holden's poor reviews of her movies, to Elle
• "I spend most of my day holed up in my hotel room, in silence, boring myself to death."
– Fiona Apple, on suffering from social anxiety while on tour, to Time
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– Anne Hathaway, on whether she had aspired to work with acting legend Meryl Streep, her costar in The Devil Wears Prada
• "It's very hard to be extra witty around a sexually overwhelming, beautiful young woman who is wittier than you are."
– Woody Allen, on leading lady Scarlett Johansson, who stars in his upcoming comedy Scoop, to New York magazine
• "It's our shtick."
– Scarlett Johansson, describing her relationship with Allen, to New York
