Richard Petty

They said, ‘Well, it can be done, but we’ll have to do it a different way (rather than purchasing the series).’ So here we are.

I’d rather be called King than other things I’ve been called.

NASCAR will make this decision strictly on the greenery, OK? They’ve got no loyalty to one place or another place [as if North Wilkesboro, Rockingham and Darlington need reminding]. They’ve got loyalty to money. And I don’t blame them. I’d do the same thing.

We drove for the sheer fun of driving because there wasn’t that much money to be made.

You haven’t been around here long, have you.

Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.

If you have paparazzi, you know you’ve gotten somewhere.

I don’t have a sound bite for everything.

I’m just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon.

I love Obama. I’m sure we’ll hang out, go to Richard Branson’s island. It’ll be cool.

There’s probably not a crew chief out there who hasn’t tried something that seemed like a good idea.

You can never say you’re big – I don’t think you can ever take anything like that for granted.

My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort- and it was cute.

I dig chicks that have their own careers that have nothing to do with music. Chicks in the music business try to impress you with it.I like models.

People find out I’m an actress and I see that ‘whore’ look flicker across their eyes.

[on Disney banning junk food adverts] I think when you can get an occupant of the White House behind you, particularly one as formidable and effective and passionate as Mrs. Obama, that can’t hurt

British politics, when done well, can be very fun. John Oliver

We were out of work actors who played a lot of video games, so we were sort of surprised that Swingers was seen as cool. I think any cool in it was a geekiness, an awkwardness that most people can relate to.

Being a Southern person and a blonde, it’s not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.

If you ain’t trying to cheat a little, you ain’t likely to win much.

The thing is, I get asked when I first knew I wanted to act so often, and I genuinely can’t answer it. It’s just… I got the bug, and that’s it.