''There are three things pageant women do. There's the Vaseline thing, which I didn't do. There's duct-taping your boobs, which I never did because I'm not into pain. The third thing is using athletic spray adhesive on your butt to keep your swimsuit in place. I did do that. So one out of three ain't bad.''

-- Boston Public star JERI RYAN, on Vaseline-ing teeth and other beauty pageant secrets, on EW.com

''I remember my mother cried so much she lost her false eyelashes in the aisle in which she was sitting. I came back from backstage...and thought there was something funny with her makeup....I asked her, 'What's wrong?' and she said, 'I don't know, darling, it's somewhere on the floor.' ''

-- A Beautiful Mind's RUSSELL CROWE, on last year's Oscar night, on Reel.com


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