"It seems like there's an awful lot of yelling, and this year yelling's been replaced by sarcasm and snarkiness." —Anderson Cooper on the current state of cable news shows [LAT]

"I would definitely be working at Denny's or something." —Common on trying to live solely off royalties [A.V. Club]

"He's divorced, doesn't have a lot of friends, messed up career-wise a few times and very self-righteous. I immediately wanted to play around with this guy." —Tahmoh Penikett on his character in Dollhouse [LAT]

"Security stopped me at the door and I had to explain who I was. That was a bit embarrassing." — Chris Martin on getting into his own concert [NYP]

"The Eagles are still touring an album from 1976! In 25 years, we'll be like the Eagles even if we don't make another album." —Kintrell "Krispy Kream" Lindsey of hip-hop duo the Knux [LAT]

"I'm lucky to be able to fit into that young-woman category in his mind, so I hope he keeps writing for young women." —Scarlett Johansson hopes that Woody Allen hasn't yet tired of casting her [LAT]

"If, say, we wrote some songs that sound like Rick Springfield, a week later they've all turned into Children of Bodom songs." —Mikey Way on My Chemical Romance's creative process [MTV]

"I like to party, but I'm not a huge partier and sometimes it's alienating for me being around people doing crack for the one night of the year, metaphorically speaking. I'm more of a guy who likes to go out of town and play banjos in the snow on New Year's Eve." —Akron/Family's Miles Seaton [Gothamist]