"It was a dream of mine to be on Broadway! I was this blonde-haired, pigtailed girl with a baritone singing voice. There wasn't really a place for me in Annie." —Scarlett Johansson on why she started singing [Pitchfork]

"I believe that Gravy has studied hard enough; I think he got enough battle scars from the streets that he could pull it off." —Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie on how getting shot in the ass helped Jamal Woolard prepare for playing Notorious B.I.G. [MTV]

"Oh, you know, gardening, moving to Africa. And running for mayor of London, obviously. That would be too much fun." —Stephen Daldry on life after directing [Guardian]

"Every once in a while, us and the Sparta guys think that we should totally start a feud, but it never gets off the ground. We'll try being mean to each other, and then we just end up cracking up." —Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins [A.V. Club]

"I can't beat him at arguing. He's like a girl. A girl will win an argument every time." —Shawty Lo concedes defeat to T.I. in their war of words [MTV]