March 14, 2006

Natalie Portman is Mickey Mouse

(Filed under: Celebrity)

“In a celebrity-obsessed culture, it’s interesting to be a celebrity. You get to see what and why and how people care about it. Being a celebrity... it’s basically being treated like a thing, like you’re Mickey Mouse.”

-Actress Natalie Portman (Blender, Nov. 2005)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:57 PM

Death Cab for Cutie's Nick Harmer on What's Right

(Filed under: Inspiration)

“I think it’s important to stand up for what seems right in you own gut and what seems right in your own heart.”

-Death Cab for Cutie bassist Nick Harmer (Relevant, Jan./Feb. 2006)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:53 PM

Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis on God

(Filed under: Spirituality)

"It’s a secular record. It’s not a record about God, but I think it questions if there is a God and where we’ll end up if there isn’t one. I think the older I get, the more I wonder about it because it wasn’t a part of my childhood in any way.”

-Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis. (Relevant, Jan./Feb. 2006)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:49 PM

Sophia Bush on Love & Marriage

(Filed under: Relationships)

“It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic—another joke marriage. I never expected to be married more than once... But I still believe in love. I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt.”

-Actress Sophia Bush from TV’s One Tree Hill talking about the breakup of her five-month marriage with her One Tree Hill co-star, Chad Michael Murray. (CosmoGirl, Feb. 2006)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:45 PM

Good Charlotte's Joel Madden on Being Faithful

(Filed under: Relationships)

“I think it’s because I came from a broken home, but my whole life, all I wanted was some stability. For the first time in my life someone has given that to me, and that is priceless. So I don’t even think about not being faithful. To me, cheating is lame. And I think flirting is cheating’s ugly cousin.”

-Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden talking about why he avoids groupies thanks to his relationship with actress/singer Hilary Duff. (Teen People, Feb. 2006)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:41 PM

Scott Derrickson on Horror Movies

(Filed under: Movies)

“Well there's a number of things that I find uniquely compelling about the horror genre as a Christian. I think that it's definitely the most open and appropriate for religious, theological and spiritual subject matter. A lot of horror films not only allow for that, they necessitate that. I think that horror is also the best genre for identifying and defining good and evil. Almost all horror films are in some form a commentary on good and evil.”

-Scott Derrickson, writer and director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. (The Source for Youth Ministry, Sept. 8, 2005)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:37 PM

Sufjan Stevens on Faith

(Filed under: Spirituality)

“I don’t think it’s fair to describe faith as having a role [in my life]. It kind of limits the character of faith and the relevance of faith. It’s all encompassing; it’s submitting yourself to a divine being.”

-Musician Sufjan Stevens (Relevant, Sep/Oct 2005)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:35 PM

Anna Chlumsky on Perfection

(Filed under: Artistry)

“People think perfect is achievable, and then they get disappointed. Once you own up to perfection not being possible, a lot of beauty can occur.”

-Actress Anna Chlumsky (Entertainment Weekly, Sept. 2, 2005)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:32 PM

Jon Heder on Napoleon Dynamite

(Filed under: Adolescence)

“Napoleon is about embracing the awkwardness of youth and dealing with people of the opposite sex and trying to be cool.”

-Actor Jon Heder who played Napoleon Dynamite (Time, Sept. 19, 2005)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 4:29 PM

Bono on Living his Faith

(Filed under: Spirituality)

“I try to live [my faith] rather than talk about it because there are enough secondhand-car salesmen for God. But I cannot escape my conviction that God is interested in the progress of mankind, individually and collectively.”

-U2 frontman Bono (Time, Dec 26, 2006)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 3:52 PM

Exploring a Meaningful Life on Lost

(Filed under: Inspiration)

"Both of us are searching for the answers to the bigger questions of how you lead a meaningful life, and we’ve chosen to use the show to explore those questions."

-Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse referring to Lost's other executive producer Damon Lindelof. (Entertainment Weekly, Dec 30, 2006)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 9:59 AM