Yes, I Did Say That!
A look at who’s sayin g wh at in enter tain mentQuotesAbout Town
FLASHBACK!
Did I
Really
Say
That?
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 38 NOVEMBER 6, 2019
FONDA: DIA DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAGES. WILDE, SCORSESE: AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN/FILMMAGIC. LIZZO: RICH FURY/GETTY IMAGES. SCHWARZENEGGER: MICHAEL TULLBERG/GETTY IMAGES.Compiled by Pete Keeley“It’s a disgrace.”
JOHN FITHIAN
The National Association
of Theater Owners president,
to The New York Times,
about Netflix’s plan to
screen Martin Scorsese’s
The Irishman for only
26 days in theaters before
releasing it on its platform.“My 82-year-old
bones hurt.”
JANE FONDA
The actress and activist, to The Washington Post,
describing the night she spent in jail after
being arrested for the fourth time protesting climate
change in Washington, D.C.“What message
is this sending
to viewers
and especially
to women?”
OLIVIA WILDE
The Booksmart director,
on Twitter, after discovering
that Delta Airlines had cut
a lesbian love scene out of
her film. Delta apologized and
restored the footage.“You would’ve
thought someone
went into the
Sistine Chapel
and took a shit.”
BRAD PITT
The Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood star, at an awards
Q&A, recounting when
someone violated Quentin
Tarantino’s no-phones policy on
the set of Inglorious Basterds.“What’s not
there is revelation,
mystery or
genuine emotional
danger. Nothing
is at risk.”
MARTIN SCORSESE
The Irishman filmmaker,
defending his criticism of
Marvel movies in a lengthy
New York Times op-ed.“That’s
not defending
free speech,
Mark — that’s
assaulting truth.”
AARON SORKIN
The Social Network
screenwriter, in an open letter
to Mark Zuckerberg in
The New York Times,
imploring the Facebook CEO
to reconsider his policy of
not fact-checking political ads.“MAMAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAA
I MADE IT
I LOVE YOU
ALEX TREBEK.”
LIZZO
The “Truth Hurts” singer,
on Twitter, reacting to
her name being the answer
to a Jeopardy! clue.“We believe
political message
reach should
be earned,
not bought.”
JACK DORSEY
The Twitter CEO, announcing the
company’s new no-political-ads
policy just minutes before a
Facebook earnings call, which
was taken as a swipe at Facebook
CEO Mark Zuckerberg.OCT. 30, 2009
“It was one of those wild coincidences.”
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
The then-California governor, denying to reporters that a veto letter he
sent a California Assemblyman intentionally spelled “FUCK YOU”
down the left margin. Appearing on The Late Late Show exactly 10 years later
to the day, Schwarzenegger admitted he’d done it on purpose.