Go ahead quote me

Michelle Obama.
John Krasinski.
Emily Blunt.

My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen. So I'm always game for a good joke, and I'm not so formal in this role that there's very little that we can't do that people won't appreciate.

UNITED STATES FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA on appearing on The Late Late Show host James Corden's Carpool Karaoke segment


Time makes it easier... I still miss my mother every day - and it's 20 years after she died.

BRITAIN'S PRINCE WILLIAM consoling a 14-year-old boy who lost his mother last year


The truth is, she really is that person who would like me anyway. But I don't think she's going to kick the eight-pack abs out of bed.

ACTOR JOHN KRASINSKI on what his wife Emily Blunt thinks of his new physique

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 29, 2016, with the headline Go ahead quote me. Subscribe