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" ‘Are you shocked that you actually work in this business at your tremendous size?’ He was like, ‘Oh, your tremendous size, you can actually work?’ I just remember all the blood drained out of me. I thought, ‘With my tremendous size, I could tackle you so quickly.’ He was looking around like, ‘She’s crazy.’ "
02of 10Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/REX/Shutterstock"If it was five years ago I could say something real offensive and funny right now, but I can’t do that anymore, so … heyyyy!"— Chris Rock,joking about the current state of comedy and not being able to say anything controversial, at the 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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“If it was five years ago I could say something real offensive and funny right now, but I can’t do that anymore, so … heyyyy!”
— Chris Rock,joking about the current state of comedy and not being able to say anything controversial, at the 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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— Anne Hathaway,on the unique way she deals with stress and anxiety, toTown & Country
04of 10Lady Gaga.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for National Board of Review"The song is called ‘Do What U Want (With My Body),’ I think it’s clear how explicitly twisted my thinking was at the time … If I could go back and have a talk with my younger self I’d tell her to go through the therapy I have since then, so that I could understand the confused post-traumatic state that I was in — or if therapy was not available to me or anyone in my situation — to seek help, and speak as openly and honestly as possible about what we’ve been through."—Lady Gaga,speaking out against R. Kelly and explaining the backstory behind her 2013 collaboration with him, on her Instagram Story
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“The song is called ‘Do What U Want (With My Body),’ I think it’s clear how explicitly twisted my thinking was at the time … If I could go back and have a talk with my younger self I’d tell her to go through the therapy I have since then, so that I could understand the confused post-traumatic state that I was in — or if therapy was not available to me or anyone in my situation — to seek help, and speak as openly and honestly as possible about what we’ve been through.”
—Lady Gaga,speaking out against R. Kelly and explaining the backstory behind her 2013 collaboration with him, on her Instagram Story
05of 10"I hope she wins [more awards], because people get us confused and I get all the perks. Seriously, they’re like ‘Here’s a gift certificate for Regina King, for $5,000 for Barneys’ and I’m just like, ‘I’m her!’ They’re like, ‘We love you Ms. King!’ I’m like, ‘Thank you.’ “— Regina Hall,joking about loving that she often gets mistaken for Regina King, in a speech at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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“I hope she wins [more awards], because people get us confused and I get all the perks. Seriously, they’re like ‘Here’s a gift certificate for Regina King, for $5,000 for Barneys’ and I’m just like, ‘I’m her!’ They’re like, ‘We love you Ms. King!’ I’m like, ‘Thank you.’ "
— Regina Hall,joking about loving that she often gets mistaken for Regina King, in a speech at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards
06of 10"I was like, ‘I’m never washing my face again.’ Can you tell? … It’s not really a functional relationship. Like it’s not really, it’s not really a healthy friendship. It’s more like I idolize her, and she’s nice to me."— Connie Britton,joking about her reaction to Julia Roberts once touching her face and telling her she loved her, onBusy Tonight
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“I was like, ‘I’m never washing my face again.’ Can you tell? … It’s not really a functional relationship. Like it’s not really, it’s not really a healthy friendship. It’s more like I idolize her, and she’s nice to me.”
— Connie Britton,joking about her reaction to Julia Roberts once touching her face and telling her she loved her, onBusy Tonight
07of 10Mike Marsland/WireImage"All the people in rehab were trying to talk me out of it. ‘You’re going to be messing around with crack pipes. All your triggers will be there. Blah, blah, blah,’ … I was like, ‘You know what? If for no other reason than I never want to see you motherf—ers again, I will never pick up another drug.’ ‘Cause I hated their asses."— Samuel L. Jackson,opening up about playing a drug addict in his first role after leaving rehab for an addiction to crack cocaine in the 1980s and 1990s, toThe Hollywood Reporter
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“All the people in rehab were trying to talk me out of it. ‘You’re going to be messing around with crack pipes. All your triggers will be there. Blah, blah, blah,’ … I was like, ‘You know what? If for no other reason than I never want to see you motherf—ers again, I will never pick up another drug.’ ‘Cause I hated their asses.”
— Samuel L. Jackson,opening up about playing a drug addict in his first role after leaving rehab for an addiction to crack cocaine in the 1980s and 1990s, toThe Hollywood Reporter
08of 10Paul Drinkwater/NBC"Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration … “— Christian Bale,on his inspiration for playing Dick Cheney inVice, in his acceptance speech for best actor in a motion picture at the 2019 Golden Globes
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“Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration … "
— Christian Bale,on his inspiration for playing Dick Cheney inVice, in his acceptance speech for best actor in a motion picture at the 2019 Golden Globes
09of 10"I’ve never even met him … Maybe he met Hallie or Annie."— Lindsay Lohan,denying having hooked up withVanderpump Rulesreality star Jax Taylor — despite him previously saying otherwise — with a joke about herParent Trapcharacters, onWatch What Happens Live
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“I’ve never even met him … Maybe he met Hallie or Annie.”
— Lindsay Lohan,denying having hooked up withVanderpump Rulesreality star Jax Taylor — despite him previously saying otherwise — with a joke about herParent Trapcharacters, onWatch What Happens Live
10of 10"Women, we’re nurturers, that’s what’s expected of us. But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say ‘I can do that, and I should be allowed to do that.’ “— Glenn Close,on how her role inThe Wifemade her think of her mother’s sacrifices for her father growing up, and how women need to put themselves first, in her acceptance speech for best actress in a motion picture at the 2019 Golden Globes
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“Women, we’re nurturers, that’s what’s expected of us. But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say ‘I can do that, and I should be allowed to do that.’ "
— Glenn Close,on how her role inThe Wifemade her think of her mother’s sacrifices for her father growing up, and how women need to put themselves first, in her acceptance speech for best actress in a motion picture at the 2019 Golden Globes
source: people.com