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“I’m not surprised that Michelle is attracted to him. She loves books. She reads almost every day!”

This is an actual quote in an Us Weekly article about Michelle Williams dating book author Jonathan Safran Foer. She reads. Almost everyday. And by these standards, we have the Cerebral Celebrity.

The lazy celeb profile (paraphrased): “She has a fearlessness. But at the end of the day, there’s a fragility. She’s complicated. A magnetic presence.”

Tabloids: "I realize they need to sell magazines, but it's really getting old. What kills me is when friends send me pictures they've taken at a newsstand. One magazine says, 'Desperate and alone,' and the other one says, 'She's eloped!' I mean, at least consult. Don't make yourself look like an idiot. I'm going to be 50 and they're still gonna be saying, 'She's pregnant!'" -- InStyle Magazine, February 2015

FAME: "It’s like having your own cartoon strip constantly running that you can’t control."

Justin Theroux, Marie Claire UK

"The only thing I can't control is the spin in the press. And so if I know I can't control that, I have to let it go. In some ways, though, you can control it. I really didn't like the whole serial-dater thing. I thought it was a really sexist angle on my life. And so I just stopped dating people, because it meant a lot to me to set the record straight—that I do not need some guy around in order to get inspiration, in order to make a great record, in order to live my life, in order to feel okay about myself."

--Esquire, 10/20/14

#imagecontrol

On her message to tabloids who published her pictures: “You have a choice. You don’t have to be a person who spreads negativity and lies for a living. You can do something good. You can be good. Let’s just make that choice and—it feels better.”

#LifeLessonsFromJLaw

“It’s always been the same. I’ve always felt closer to being a Latina than anything else, because I grew up with my dad’s family, who are Mexican American. I never really identified any other way." --Jessica Alba, Fall 2014

“Alba is my last name and I’m proud of that. But that’s it. My grandparents were born in California, the same as my parents, and though I may be proud of my last name, I’m American. Throughout my whole life, I’ve never felt connected to one particular race or heritage, nor did I feel accepted by any." -- Jessica Alba, 2007

#identityofconvenience

"Acting is very transactional: You’re hired to do the job, and you walk off set and you see the movie a year later."--Blake Lively, Vogue August 2014

“Acting is a job of permission. Someone has to give you permission to do it."--Justin Theroux, Elle, August 2014

#celebritydeepthoughtswithbigwords

As befits a writer, Theroux’s biggest beef with the celebrity press is the paucity of their storytelling skills. “I can’t get over how terrible the narrative is, just how poorly written it is,” he says. “It’s worse than a telenovela. It’s so dramatic. Like, ‘They’re broken up, they’re together, they’re storming out, storming in, rushing out, rushing in.’ They make every celebrity look like a schizophrenic.” But sitting across from him, it seems Theroux’s head couldn’t be screwed on straighter. He has a more nuanced narrative to live.

#sillycelebritystories

“‘Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum Caught in Three-way with Sasquatch in 7-11 Bathroom!’ would be a more accurate headline for Star Magazine‘s cover. But this is our world– where mags can concoct outright lies about real people in order to sell it to you as ‘journalism’. Hope we all think hard about what this means and start to demand better. I know we can. Love y’all.”

#demandthetruth

“We do not comment on anything going on with George, in any way. We’ve had things taken out of context recently, so we’ve made it a policy that we do not make any comment.”

--Nina Clooney, George's mom, after she accidentally spilled the beans that she met Amal before George said they were together and when he was still with his previous girlfriend, Stacy Keibler.

#craftingheadlines

"When people think celebrity, which is the highest form of communication—we're like walking networks or TV shows or brands in ourselves—you don't think good taste. And I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It's like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design. Because what is the most distasteful thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, good taste is the opposite of that."

-Kanye

#killyouridols

Gwyneth. Once more, an encore, because the words ring true

Gwyneth Paltrow on the internet. Substitute in "celebrity" for every mention of "the internet" and her truth deepens

http://recode.net/2014/05/27/gwyneth-paltrow-goopers-do-not-give-a-f-if-the-facebook-guys-think-were-hot-or-not/

Paparazzi Shots

"We provide this service which is, you know, being trampled under the feet of society. We can take it. So if it’s worth your time, and it helps you to log in and say something nasty, then I’m happy that I could be there for that.”

--actor Vincent Kartheiser

"framing" "choreographed" "neat narrative" "true story there somewhere" "It is not the story that it claims to be" "It is, or at least it contains, the true story of the conception, creation, marketing, viewing, analyzing and evolution over time of a piece of entertainment that lives in the swampy, foggy, half-real version of the truth that it creates" "moments of authenticity"

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/03/11/289006737/every-reality-show-is-a-true-story-and-other-bachelor-lessons

"Any artist, regardless of his field, can experience distance between his true self and his public persona. But because film actors typically experience fame in greater measure, our personas can feel at the mercy of forces far beyond our control."

"Why Actors Act Out," James Franco on Shia LaBeouf

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