James McAvoy a Total Butterface

“I don’t think I’m ugly, don’t get me wrong, but I’m not your classic lead man, Brad Pitt guy.” —Atonement star James McAvoy on the nebulous territory between “ugly” and “Brad Pitt” [LAT]

“I refused to write the screenplay. I didn’t want people sitting around a table — a producer, a director — telling me that I hadn’t fully understood these characters.” —Atonement author Ian McEwan, whose novel was adapted for the screen, thankfully, by someone else [NYT]

“I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.” —An awfully coy and self-deprecating Diablo Cody [NYT]

“Jaden is [like] Johnny Depp. He just wants to do good work … He loves acting, he just wants to make good movies.” —Will Smith on his 9-year-old son, Jaden [People]

“I don’t know who the Bond girl’s gonna be. I’m a bit jealous! I hope it will be terrible.” —Casino Royale star Eva Green on the next installment of the Bond franchise [Guardian]
—Stan Park