“I’ve talked about doing different videos with the character. I’ve started working with Ben [Stiller] on it, and we’ve kind of talked about different things to do. We were gonna do some in our free time, but we haven’t found the free time … yet.” —Tom Cruise on bringing back his Tropic Thunder character [E!]
“I just remember so many free meals.” —Wall-E director Andrew Stanton on looking forward to awards season [AP via Yahoo]
“Call me crazy, but I’d like to think I have a real shot at taking home — wait Piven’s not in this category, is he? Crap.” —Neil Patrick Harris on his Golden Globe nomination [Envelope/LAT]
“There’s not a lot of CGI. The CGI is with Tom’s injuries because he’s missing a hand and fingers and things like that, but when it came to the explosive elements to the picture they’re all real.” —Bryan Singer confirms that the special-effects budget for Valkyrie was strictly confined to Tom Cruise [Ain’t It Cool News]
“Lil’ Wayne presented me with this iPod which contained 40 unreleased songs he had recorded — and one was called Michael Phelps. In that song he just keeps rapping ‘Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, swimming through the water…’ I like all the songs he gave me but obviously that means the most.” —Michael Phelps [WENN via Starpulse]
“If anybody out there wants to create a challenge or wants to bet some money online, we could play the game right now.” —50 Cent on his new video game, Blood in the Sand [MTV]
