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Monthly Archives: May 2006

Jessica: "Me being involved and being an actor"

"Me being involved and being an actor, not really a comedian — but I'm doing comedic stuff — I think it just makes it feel a little different. I'm not a TV personality." - Jessica Alba, on hosting the MTV Movie Awards
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Kanye: "there's always other frontiers"

"When I was starting off in Chicago, I wanted to be considered the best Chicago producer. Then when I was the best Chicago producer, I wanted to get to the Jermaine Dupri level. Now I've gotten to that level, but there's always other frontiers - you know, the Quincy Jones level." - Kanye West, […]

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Kate: "Stepping into those shoes, there's tons of pressure."

"Stepping into those shoes, there's tons of pressure. This was Brandon's first taste of the movie industry, and he was so sweet." - Kate Bosworth in ELLE, about her Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh
This quote contains two errors: an error in subject/verb agreement and a dangling participle.
The subject of the first sentence is "tons." This […]

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Dakota: "my sister looks at me weird"

"I sing to myself and my sister looks at me weird." - Dakota Fanning in BOP
This quote contains an error in modifier form. Dakota used an adjective to modify a verb, and only adverbs can modify verbs.
"Weird" is an adjective used, in this sentence, to describe how Dakota's sister looks at her. Since "looks" is […]

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Jennifer: "It's not always you have the opportunity" and "I just find it luck" and "exorcise something quicker"

"It's not always you have the opportunity to go through a break-up and then shoot a movie called The Break-Up. I just find it luck - good luck - because you're able to exorcise something quicker." - Jennifer Aniston in Entertainment Weekly
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