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I said, 'I need something to make sure that this is real,' a Ferrari or something, and so he gave me a highlighter pen. It was a yellow highlighter pen. ... He told me that his father, Frank Zappa, had asked his mother to marry him with a
pen. - On husband Ahmet Zappa's noteworthy proposal.
God knows, I never
want to hurt someone's feelings.
I don't wanna play
Karen. I just don't. I've kind of done this.
I guess there's
got to be someone who gets dumped on and I'd rather be that someone than
have someone else be that someone. .
I never want to be
a showoff or attention getter or something that, truthfully, is kind of
repulsive to me, but I get uncomfortable.
I've always felt
like a tomboy but especially beside Christina and Cameron. God bless
anyone who looks at the three of us in one frame and still finds me
sexy. .
It was really
important to me that there was no animosity in this movie. There was a
sweetness to it. It's a romantic comedy. We don't have to have some
little catfight, even if it's unbeknownst to the girls.
I've always felt like a tomboy but
especially beside Christina [Applegate] and Cameron
Diaz. God bless anyone who looks at the three of us in one frame and
still finds me sexy.- Selma Blair, on her The Sweetest Thing
co-stars."
I guess there's got to be someone who gets dumped on and I'd rather be
that someone than have someone else be that someone.
Actually when I got this script, I so wanted to play Becky. I got the
script and I thought, "Oh, God, Karen's kind of a snooze
cruise." I didn't even think of it. I thought it was just being
sent to me for Becky, and that was it.
I don't wanna play Karen. I just don't. I've kind of done this.
It was really important to me that there was no animosity in this movie.
There was a sweetness to it. It's a romantic comedy. We don't have to
have some little catfight, even if it's unbeknownst to the girls.
It's a bit tricky because you don't want to like him. You think he
cheated on his girl or wants to cheat on his girl or isn't gonna get
married, isn't gonna through with it, and you don't want to like him but
we have to like him because he's our guy.
I actually learned a lot on this little movie. And I loved it. I had the
best time shooting this movie. I've known Julia for years. She's someone
we've sent postcards back and forth for years.
Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how
goofy bodies can be. He has it in him to be such a stable, strong, Jimmy
Stewart-kind of regular guy. Then we'd yell, "Cut," and he'd
turn into monkey boy. [He has] this big body and I just crack up when
bodies do things that you just don't think they can.
Talking about romance - I truthfully don't know. I mean, there's all the
clichיs that I'd like to say like, "Oh, I'd love a secret
admirer and persistence and things left in front of my door, and John
Cusack under my window playing 'In Your Eyes.'" I buy into all that
and I kind of dig that the most. But I guess, honestly, it would be
[where] I can be my unfiltered self without being embarrassed about that
in front of someone, because God knows, I never want to hurt someone's
feelings. I never want to be a showoff or attention getter or something
that, truthfully, is kind of repulsive to me, but I get uncomfortable.
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