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This month's celebrity quote quiz
By SHARON FINK, Times Staff Writer
Published July 31, 2004
1. "If I'm meeting somebody, I'd rather look better in person."
a) Kal Penn, Kumar in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, happy to be told he looks better in person than in movies.
b) Ken Jennings , Jeopardy! whiz, giving his translation of "you look older in real life."
c) Sharon Stone , saying she's now looking strictly for "ugly" roles.
2. "I'm the bald guy surrounded by all these kids."
a) Billy Bob Thornton , describing the movie roles he has been offered since Bad Santa.
b) Jimmy Buffett , giving the context in which he puts his recent success.
c) Ben Kingsley , on the easy way to spot him in his new movie, Thunderbirds.
3. "I think of my bald head as an accessory."
a) Sigourney Weaver , who has hair in The Village, insisting she'd go Alien bare again any time.
b) Jason Alexander , polite enough to answer any question from TV critics about his new CBS sitcom.
c) Taye Diggs , star of UPN's new drama Kevin Hill, explaining his hat fetish.
4. "I wanted a guy who looked like a real guy."
a) Paris Hilton , hinting that her breakup with Nick Carter wasn't that amicable.
b) Kirsten Dunst , hinting that her breakup with Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't that amicable.
c) Antoine Fuqua , King Arthur director, on the science of casting Clive Owen as Arthur.
5. "You can't eat a sandwich in the middle of the day when you have the fake lips on, and you can't stand out in the sun because your nose melts off."
a) Joan Rivers , who still insists all her cosmetic surgery is worth it.
b) Jennifer Coolidge , on dealing with the requirements of playing Cinderella's extremely surgically remade stepmother.
c) Keira Knightley , vowing to never have cosmetic surgery.
6. "I actually got to type the words, basically, "Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman kiss.' . . . It's going to be beautiful or horrifying."
a) Adam McKay , director, writer and Ferrell friend, working on a Bewitched screenplay.
b) Will Ferrell , who insisted on writing a Bewitched screenplay once Kidman agreed to star with him.
c) Mel Brooks , on plot revisions he's planning for The Producers movie now that Kidman and Ferrell have agreed to do it.
7. "At least when you leave prison, they give you your stuff in Ziploc bags."
a) George Eads , fired and rehired CSI star, claiming he was told his dressing room had been cleared out for him.
b) Nick Carter , hinting that his breakup with Paris Hilton wasn't that amicable.
c) Chris Kattan , who had his belongings delivered to him in a paper bag after being fired from the new Broadway musical The Frogs.
8. "Songs are composed for two reasons: out of vengeance and out of necessity."
a) Ashlee Simpson , pretension setting in with success.
b) Alejandro Sanz , intense Latino singing-writing superstar.
c) Usher , boiling down the reasons for the massive success of his album Confessions.
9. "Then finally, one day, I said, "My gosh, I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. Or maybe it is a light, but I can't see the tunnel.' "
a) William Shatner , not enjoying senior citizenship.
b) Britney Spears , on what, besides Madonna, led her to Kabbalah.
c) Courtney Love, ready for drug rehab.
ANSWERS: 1, a; 2, b; 3, c; 4, c; 5, b; 6, a; 7, c; 8, b; 9, a.
Sharon Fink can be reached at 727 893-8525 or fink@sptimes.com
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