''People come up to me on the street and insist that I'm RenEe and want to see my driver's license. I kind of want to slap them.'' -- JOEY LAUREN ADAMS on the Zellweger factor, on Mr. Showbiz

''Alyson Hannigan [Willow] said the first year it's 'Don't I know you from somewhere?' The second year it's 'Aren't you that guy on that show?' And the third year it's 'Hey, J. August Richards!' I've gotten 'Don't I know you from somewhere?' But I won't ever tell someone that they know me from TV, because I'll feel stupid if they recognize me from somewhere else.'' -- Angel's J. AUGUST RICHARDS on the asymptotic rise of audience recognition, on EW.com


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