"Well, the monkeys. At first you think, 'Gosh. Monkeys. That's so kind of incredible. It's gonna be so great to kind of see them up close.' But you started to kind of feel a little bit, not competitive with the monkeys, but that they weren't really, you know, they didn't have your best interests at heart. They weren't these adorable little creatures. They wanted to sort of, no, they want to replace you."
—OWEN WILSON, IN A MYSPACE INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR AND FRIEND WES ANDERSON, WILSON'S FIRST SINCE HIS SUICIDE ATTEMPT, WHICH WENT UNMENTIONED
"Now that Internet video has come into its own,…fallen stars have a far more appealing option: Cut the pesky journalist out of the mix… It's the ultimate form of image control."
—FROM AN ARTICLE BY SHEILA MARIKAR POSTED ON THE ABC NEWS WEBSITE
"ABC News defends the use of journalists for celebrity interviews, claiming the TV newsosaurs have integrity. What b.s."
—FROM A POST BY NIKKI FINKE ON HER BLOG, DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD DAILY
This article appears in Nov 7-13, 2007.