Rose Byrne

I’ve had some pretty good experiences on everything, even if the film doesn’t always work.

[on being labeled the next big thing] I don’t take it seriously. Because I’m the one living my life. I mean, I’ve got this tiny part in this big Brad Pitt movie, and everyone here thinks I’m playing Sally to Brad Pitt’s Harry. I’m not, and I’m constantly having to say that.

[on Brad Pitt] I don’t know… I guess…. he’s a nice person and a GOOD kisser!

[on her role in “Star Wars: Episode II”] That was easy, I just stood by Natalie Portman looking very serious.

I think its important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

I’d say I’m a bit of a fatalist but not as much as I was. I used to be like “whatever happens happens” and have that innate fatalistic outlook. But I think it’s more about what you are thinking in your own mind that is the most powerful aspect of controlling your own life.

I’ll take opinions from anyone from Jay-Z to a janitor, and I might value the janitor’s opinion more.

[on Darren Aronofsky] I guess the first impression was that I’d been a big admirer of his work, and then I met someone who you’d never have put with that work. There was something very refreshing about that. I thought I was going to meet someone who was very intense and weird.

Everybody knows me by this scent called Pink Sugar.

Tell her: jealousy is a disease, die slow.

And I’m looking at him like, ‘Oh my God. This is Michael Jackson’. I fainted, blacked out – like seriously blacked out.

There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

I’m not a mean person, but I have a capacity for it.

I only mentioned people in Barbie Dreams that I f**k wit. This isn’t a diss. Yikes. This is culture, this is BIGGIE!!!!! New York!!!! This is FUN. Light hearted fun.

[On his early day in the music business] I stepped on a lot of toes… at that time.

I would say that one of your greatest accomplishments, Amy Poehler, is that you have so successfully used your art and comedy as a source of positivity in the world, by creating Smart Girls [an online community for girls, encouraging them to be their authentic selves], by making [Leslie in] Parks and Rec not only a positive feminist character but creating a good-hearted worldview within that program.

No one leaves voicemails anymore they just text now so it’s a different time.

I thought Laura’s record was going to be huge… It was not successful it sold something like 20 or 30,000 albums. Laura lacked a certain level of ambition and didn’t really want to do the things that people do to become known. So I thought I’d better get people to record these songs and make them hits so that people will see that she’s a great songwriter.

[On Lord Of The Rings] I don’t like all this stupid Gollum begat Wobblo and the Oompa Loompas and…Oh Jesus Christ! There was too much “Oh, God, here come the gloodloys…” Christ Almighty, what are they talking about!?

Yes, I watch what I eat but I don’t deny myself red wine or chocolate, the great things in life one can’t live without.

Before you talk to people in music or entertainment or video games, or even gun control, you need to talk to psychiatrists.