“In the entertainment industry it is a known fact that no one is going to go watch a movie for two hours that stars a girl with no makeup, pimples on her face, greasy hair and sweat. It’s just not going to happen. They need eye candy.”
— actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, on the movie industry, on Rough Cut
“He’s an important part of my life. If I die before him, I want a little of my ashes put in his food, so I can live inside him.”
— actress Drew Barrymore, in US, referring to her cat
“If (my husband) were to come in and tell me to shoot my granddaughter, he’d better run for cover, because there’s no way that this is coming from God.”
— Dorothy Patterson, saying the resolution (“a wife should submit graciously to her husband”) passed recently by the Southern Baptist Convention, of which her husband, Paige, is president, doesn’t give men the right to be tyrants
“I put her off for seven years. Marriage is more important to women than to men. I could have done without it, to tell you the truth.”
— Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, on his marriage to his former nurse, Elizabeth Barrios
“How many women in the audience got to vote? Just put your head down and raise your arm if you voted.”
–Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, attacking the balloting for the 100 best American films while addressing an audience attending the Crystal Awards, which celebrate women’s contributions to film