Pericles? Is he the guy that did the thing with the
potatoes?
– actress Tara Reid
My boyfriend gave me [a necklace with a tiny circle on it
reminiscent of a planet].... because it was our first-year anniversary and it takes like a
year for the sun to rotate around the earth.
– actress Kirsten Dunst
radio host Howard Stern: What is the capital of New
York?
actress Tori Spelling: ....New Jersey?
Reporter: Do you read Kierkegaard?
actress Pamela Anderson: Uh, what movies was he in?
Howard Stern: Who invented the lightbulb?
Playboy Playmate of the year Julie Ciliani: I know Edison invented the
telephone, but I can’t remember the lightbulb guy.
You can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the
real dinosaurs begin.
– actress Laura Dern on Jurassic Park
"I really know how to think. If I decide to
make a coat red in the show, it’s not just red. I think: is it communist red? Is it
cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big balloon red? I mean
there’s so many f-ing different kinds of red. And so you have to say, well, what are
we trying to say in this scene? Is it a happy red? Or a sad red? Is it a lace red? Or a
leather red? Or a wool red?"
-- singer Lady Gaga, explaining how her education at her high school – the
Convent of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan – helps her think well
reporter: What personality trait do you hate most in
other people?
actress Eva Longoria: Ignorance.
reporter: Then what characteristic do you deplore in yourself?
Longoria: Um, wait. Deplore means to hate something, right?
I love Africa in general, South Africa and West Africa. They
are both great countries.
– socialite Paris Hilton
reporter: Did you visit the Parthenon when you were
in Greece?
basketball star Shaquille O'Neill: I can't really remember the names of the
clubs that we went to.
reporter: What is an isosceles triangle?
rocker Tommy Lee: Somewhere in Bermuda?
reporter: Who was the president during the Civil War?
Lee: Ummm....Winston Churchill? I wasn't around then, so who cares?
reporter: What is pi?
Lee: Is that the 2=MC squared thing?
reporter: When was the War of 1812?
Lee: I have no clue. 1812? I'm right?!?
