Go Ahead Quote Me

ACTRESS MELISSA MCCARTHY
X-MEN ACTOR HUGH JACKMAN
ACTOR LI NANXING

'Why not you?' is an unbelievably great sentiment to give to a kid. Not entitlement but instead: Work your butt off and you have a decent chance at this. 'Why not you?' is an undervalued way of thinking.

ACTRESS MELISSA MCCARTHY on how her parents' support shaped her life


Ryan, I love you, man. But back it up a little. Play a little hard to get. It's too much - it's not sexy.

X-MEN ACTOR HUGH JACKMAN jokingly responding to Deadpool star Ryan Reynold's campaign for the two to make a crossover movie


I remember giving my mother a $1,000 hongbao once. She scolded me for giving her so much. I later gave her several hundreds several times. The total was also $1,000.

ACTOR LI NANXING remembering his late mother

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 17, 2018, with the headline Go Ahead Quote Me. Subscribe