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– Hugh Jackman, on how his 4-year-old son, Oscar, was more impressed when Dad won his Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for best burp than when Van Helsing hit No. 1
• "I thought I was going to be a zoologist or a marine biologist. But the -ologist of it all didn't sound like such a good time for me."
– Shrek 2's Cameron Diaz, to Oprah Winfrey, on becoming an actress instead of a scientist
• "I did most of high school online through Stanford University, in the education department for gifted youth, but I don't like to call it that because I think everyone is gifted in their own way."
– 17-year old Emmy Rossum, who stars in The Day After Tomorrow
• "The only reason I ever started singing is 'cause I wanted to own a Krispy Kreme donut shop. I mean, after I did that, I'm done. As a kid, that was my wish.'
– Usher, to Ellen DeGeneres
• "I just had to forget about the fact that I would upset billions of female fans around the world if I disfigured him. I had to somehow put that out of my mind."
– Eric Bana, on filming battle scenes with Brad Pitt in Troy
• "Big Tom's question to me was, 'Why should I give you a million dollars?' And in my heart, what I wanted to say was, 'Because I told you to. And you've done everything I told you to do all game long.' "
– Survivor: All-Stars' Rob Mariano, on bending his competitor's will
• "It's very difficult to purposely make yourself something completely other than what (fashion magazines) think you should be. It did make me extremely self-conscious, which is stupid."
– Keira Knightley, on bulking up for her role as warrior queen Guinevere in King Arthur, due out July 7
• "Here's big news from the world of showbiz ... Jennifer Lopez is getting married again. That's right. The young man's name: very popular singer, Marc Anthony, yes. No date has been set for the divorce."
– David Letterman, on rumors that Lopez was headed to the altar again
• "I'm proud to be a pain their arse ... In case the FCC is listening, arse is an Irish word."
– U2 frontman Bono, referring to the U.S. government's reprimand after he dropped the F-bomb during a Golden Globes broadcast
