A round-up of life advice from celebrities, including the power of eyebrows and monkeys.
Helen Mirren on things she’d tell her hypothetical daughter: “[The] first words I would have taught her would have been “f*** off” because we weren’t brought up ever to say that to anyone, were we And it’s quite valuable to have the courage and the confidence to say, “No, f*** off, leave me alone, thank you very much.”
Robert Downey Jr on the power of perception: “I’m thinking of buying a monkey. Then I think, “Why stop at one” I don’t like being limited in that way. Therefore, I’m considering a platoon of monkeys, so that people will look at me and see how mellow and well-adjusted i am compared to these monkeys throwing feces around.”
Bono on the brutality of self-reflection: “Look, I’m sick of Bono and I AM Bono.”
Bono on the evils of hyperbole: ““For all that “I was lost, I am found,” it is probably more accurate to say, “I was really lost, I’m a little less so at the moment.”
Gwyneth Paltrow on nutrition: “I’d rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin.”
Gwyneth Paltrow on what it feels like to be Gwyneth Paltrow: “Some days I feel like everyone in my world has plugged themselves into my kidneys. I’m so tired.”
Russell Brand on Daily Mail: “In practice what it is, is distilled evil and cruelty, designed to make you feel utterly afraid, full of self-loathing and unwilling ever to leave your house”.
Russell Brand on the correct attitude to life and adaptability: “I’ll not be changing, but America will.”
Jennifer Lawrence on the normal human response to exercise: “I hate saying, ‘I like exercising’ — I want to punch people who say that.”
George Clooney on excellent insults: “There’s a lot really filthy words you can say, but I like ‘dipshit.’ When you say that about someone, you know who they really are.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton on the media cycle/having self confidence (sub-text) “If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.”
Amy Poehler to teenage girls (and women at work/on the dating scene) “Girls, if a boy says something that isn’t funny, you don’t have to laugh.”
Kanye West on loss: “I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”
Jeff Bridges on missed connections: “Sometimes, you can not click with somebody, and it can feel awkward”
