''I got 'fish lips' a lot. I think it was like junior high, [when] I was very awkward with braces, I was gangly, and I had huge lips.'' -- The World Is Not Enough's Bond Girl DENISE RICHARDS on whether she was teased as a kid, on Entertainment Tonight Online

''I understand the isolation very well. Growing up in a small town in Iowa and being the token actor doesn't really go over well, unless you're also on the football team or you're wearing your cutoff Axl Rose T-shirt and throwing beer bottles in the town square.'' -- BEN FOSTER on relating to his Freaks and Geeks character, on Entertainment Weekly Online

''Did I doubt myself often? Yeah...but I didn't want to go back to living in my car.'' -- Ride With the Devil star JEWEL on where she gets her perseverance, on Mr. Showbiz


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