"We can’t create some sort of Frankenmetric."
- Megan Clarken, EVP Global Product Leadership at Nielsen, commenting on her company's being barred from counting digital ratings
Quotes
"I didn't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves. The very thought left a bad taste in my mouth."
- Ben Affleck, in a Facebook apology after it was revealed he requested the PBS show "Finding Your Roots" remove information that indicated his ancestors owned slaves
"Don’t get me wrong. If they kill me off I’m gonna burn my trailer down."
- Andrew Lincoln, joking about how he'd handle it if his "Walking Dead" character was axed from the show
"I was doing the press and they're all saying, 'Well, why did you wait so long?' It has nothing to do with me. You have to be invited. But anyway, apparently I'm invited and I love it."
- Ringo Starr, accepting his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame award (he's the last Beatle to receive one for his solo career)
"We only made it through about four days, when I personally broke and had some chicken and fresh vegetables (and in full transparency, half a bag of black licorice)."
- Gwyneth Paltrow, explaining why she consciously uncoupled from her food stamp-inspired $29/week budget
"My first thought was, 'Why did I pay $12,000 for these drapes in a rental house?'"
- What went through "The Middle" star Margo Martindale's mind once she learned her show had been canceled
"[I was] introduced ... to an older, middle-aged guy who identified himself as a producer. This guy proceeded to tell me about his erectile dysfunction at some length. I didn't know how to stop him and said, 'How much do you make a year?' He literally said, 'That's personal.' It's like, 'OK, I'm in a different world.'"
- Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley ("Doubt"), on his first introduction to Hollywood
"You can’t blame Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch and others taking their opportunities but it will lead to a milky, anodyne culture. To an extent, that’s already happened."
- Former "Doctor Who" actor Christopher Eccleston, who says giving jobs to actors with "posh" accents and non-working-class backgrounds is bad for the entertainment industry, and for audiences
"Citizens! You will elect me! I will be your leader!"
- Kate McKinnon, channeling new presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on "Saturday Night Live"
"I looked at my [15-year-old] son [Rocco] without thinking and said, 'Do you have any friends you could introduce me to?'"
- Madonna, debuting a "stand-up" routine on "The Tonight Show"
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