Thanks to People magazine for collecting the following quotes …
• Who cares what Simon Cowell has to say?”
— Former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson, as she accepted the New York Critics Circle Award for best supporting actress in Dreamgirls
• “All of us felt like we were really acting.”
— Beyoncé, on the emotional scene she had with Hudson in Dreamgirls
• “Always, of course. We’ll let you know when we get there.”
— Brad Pitt, when asked by if he and Angelina Jolie had plans for more children
• “Behind every decision I have made in my public life there always seems to be an apparent contradiction. I have come to terms with that, which is why I usually don’t pay much attention to it.”
— Britney Spears, in a message to her fans posted on her website, regarding the media’s focus on her recent behavior
• “It’s a circus … but a big fun circus.”
— Randy Jackson, on enjoying being reunited with his fellow American Idol judges for the new season
• “It was just (being) lazy. The truth is I just want it to be habit because I don’t want to think about it.”
— Renee Zellweger, on why she continued speaking in her British accent even while off the set during filming of the biopic Miss Potter
• “The ‘F’ word is ‘fat.’ It’s not the real ‘F’ word.”
— Rosie O’Donnell, explaining on The View what the “F” word means in her house after relaying her 7-year-old son’s reaction to Donald Trump calling his mom a “fat pig.”
• “It is so warm today, right now I’m sweating like a guy who crossed Rosie O’Donnell.”
— David Letterman
• “When you’re young and kissing, you don’t know what you’re doing. It’s a lot of saliva and gum and lip-gloss, basically.”
— Rachel Bilson, who still thinks kissing is “fun”