"I'm just thrilled I get to play a character. I'm singing, but I'm not singing as myself. I'm going to be singing as a character, and that's what's really exciting to me." —Fergie, excited about breaking into Hollywood with a role as a prostitute in the big-screen adaptation of Nine [AP via Yahoo]

"My fans seem to be confused when the outside world appreciates our work, so I can only imagine this terrifies them." —Billy Corgan on Smashing Pumpkins' "The Beginning Is the End is the Beginning" being featured in the Watchmen trailer [Soundboard/LAT]

"Dolly is like the nicest person ever. On our set, from people that clean our dressing rooms at night to the top producers, she gave them hats and signed every one of them. It was like 500 hats!" —Miley Cyrus on the many hats of Dolly Parton [E!]

"It seemed like a wonderful way to spend 12 hours a day, five days a week for $150 a day ... nonunion, no benefits … Hollywood, baby!" —Jon Hamm on being a set dresser for a soft-core-porn film [Best Life via USAT]

"What does he mean to me? He means sex." —Duffy on fellow Welshman Tom Jones [Star Tribune via PopMatters]