The Hollywood Reporter - 30.10.2019

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Yes, I Did Say That!
A look at who’s sayin g wh at in enter tain ment

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Did I


Really


Say


That?


THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 32 OCTOBER 30, 2019


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Compiled by Michael O’Connell

“If they want to bitch
about movies, it’s
certainly their right.”
BOB IGER
The Disney chairman and CEO,
responding at a Wall Street
Journal conference to Martin
Scorsese and Francis Ford
Coppola’s criticism of Marvel fims.

“Those accusations


are very, very hard
to stomach.”
RACHEL MADDOW
The MSNBC host, during her Oct. 25 telecast, addressing
Ronan Farrow’s claims that NBC News bosses
intentionally tried to derail his 2017 Harvey Weinstein
exposé in an attempt to protect Matt Lauer.

“I love writing
24 episodes
in two weeks.”
TYLER PERRY
The film and TV mogul,
promoting two new BET series
and insisting that he enjoys
doing the lion’s share of the
work in his empire.

“I didn’t know we
had to bring
our own mace and
rape whistles.”
KELLY BACHMAN
The comedian, performing at
an Actor’s Hour event in New
York and addressing Harvey
Weinstein’s surprise attendance.

“Rough week.”
KURT SUTTER
The former Mayans M.C.
showrunner, noting on Instagram
that his evacuation during
the Getty fire came days after he
was fired by FX and Disney
for being “an abrasive dick.”

“The fact I am
no longer
employed says
a lot.”
TED MUNDORFF
The Landmark Theaters
president, in Deadline,
alluding to differences with
new owner Cohen Media
Group in the wake of his
Oct. 24 departure from the
specialty cinema chain.

“She should
style her outfit a
little bit more.
She looked pretty
schlumpy.”
MARTHA STEWART
The TV personality and
onetime prison inmate, at a
Vanity Fair summit, opining
on the jailhouse garb of
Felicity Huffman, who served
11 days for her role in the
college admissions scandal.

“I hear you, but ...
prison is prison.”
AMANDA KNOX
The activist, who spent
four years in an Italian prison for
a since-dismissed murder
conviction, in an Oct. 25 tweet,
responding to Lady Gaga’s
post that “Fame is prison.”

MARCH 31, 2015
“I didn’t. Thank God. It sucked.”
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
The actor, responding to an ABC News question about whether he appeared
in 2009’s Terminator Salvation. On Nov. 1, Schwarzenegger opens the latest in the
franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate, which is faring only slightly better with critics.
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