Cries And Whispers - August 6, 2002

"Style and grace."

— Anna Nicole Smith on how a girl goes about getting a billionaire



"I don't know if he watched 'The Osbournes' because he certainly never watched 'Murphy Brown,' which didn't stop him from talking about it."

— Candice Bergen on her old adversary Dan Quayle



"There's some things from my show that you don't want to see on the Emmys. No one wants the masturbating bear coming out during the Emmys."

— Conan O'Brien, who will tone down his late-night antics when he hosts the TV awards show



"We guarantee they won't all end up in jail."

— "Friends" executive producer Kevin Bright on not wishing to copy "Seinfeld" when "Friends" signs off for good at the end of this season



"They stuck me in between Clinton and Barry Diller and Katzenberg and Spielberg, and I think my voice was deep enough so it was like having another guy."

— Suzanne Pleshette on being the only "chick" who spoke at MCA mogul Lew Wasserman's funeral



"I had to sleep with the same people all over again."

— Alfred Molina on how he landed the new series "Bram & Alice" after the short-lived series "Ladies Man"



" 'Full Frontal' was actually a useful way to work through some of these issues of cinematic veracity so that I could get my head clear enough to make (my next movie) 'Solaris.' … I'm interested in what the contract is between the audience and the film and the filmmaker and how far you can push that. If there's a contract between the audience and the film, I was sort of exploring the fine print with 'Full Frontal.' "

— Steven Soderbergh on his urge to experiment