"It didn't seem like she was being hampered by vanity or likability. She was just kind of this hilarious, hot lunatic." —Kirsten Smith on seeking out Anna Faris for The House Bunny [NYT]

"I just got tired of hearing people say to me, over and over, 'Yeah, I was watching it, but I missed one, I got really confused, and I stopped watching it.'" —J.J. Abrams on how Fringe is unlike his other shows [NYT]

"I know, I know, people called it Some Kind of Whiners. Look, I can't watch it." —Kirk Hammett on the 2004 documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster [LAT]

"I did a rap like I'm the person sitting at the computer typing and saying bad stuff about Chamillionaire. It's some little kid that's on the Internet. He's young; he's getting all this stuff he's saying about me. His mother comes in and asks him, 'Did you take your medication? Are you on those porno sites again?' I'm rapping like I'm him in his voice." —Chamillionaire on his new song "Internet Nerd's Revenge" [MTV]

"Yeah, there are no camels in Tibet. But if they want a camel, I'll get them a camel." —Morocco-based "fixer" Ahmed Abounouom knows a guy who knows a guy [LAT]