"In Master Sing's heart, there's always a special beat. His movies have his own preferred rhythm. Which word has to be faster, he calculates finely. This really is a Stephen Chow movie because his beat exists only in his heart."

- SINGER SHOW LO on being directed by comedy king Stephen Chow Sing Chi in The Mermaid

"For me, however, to do that sort of thing is like entering the seventh circle of hell. I would sooner drill a hole into the top of my head and pour molten aluminium into it because it is so infuriating to me."

- ACTOR RYAN REYNOLDS, who does not share his wife Blake Lively's enthusiasm for home decorating

"How VIP do we gotta get? We need another hit!"

- FORMER BEATLE PAUL MCCARTNEY joking when he was shut out of rapper Tyga's post-Grammy party