MEDIA HORDE

“Call me biased, but I
love everything that
[the Piano costar]
Holly Hunter does.
I think she’s brilliant
in Saving Grace. She’s
just so believable—
even when
she is a drugging,
drinking, slightly
promiscuous cop, you
care about her.”

“I am not embarrassed
about any of my music
and that includes
Pussycat Dolls. It’s
mostly a gym thing—
music that is fast and
poppy is good to run
to—but maybe I listen
to it really loudly if no
one’s home and I’m
cleaning my house.”

“I have a pink Hello
Kitty Retro Cruiser
with a bell and a
wicker basket, and
it’s my favorite thing.
I just learned to ride
it recently. I guess
because I was the
youngest of three and
my parents were busy,
they just assumed that
I already knew. Also,
we lived on a hill.”

Anna Paquin

“I had nightmares
about Silence of the
Lambs for years. That’s
my ultimate scare-you-
senseless movie. I was
probably ¹⁶ when I
saw it, and no one else
was around. I didn’t
get off the couch. I just
stayed there, huddled
up, hoping that some-
one would come home
so my ridiculous imagi-
nation would stop. I’m
a big, big wimp.”

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“When I first started
listening to Fiona
Apple, I was a teen-
ager, and the tortured,
angsty thing was why
I loved her so much.
But when I saw her last
summer in New York,
she seemed happy,
which was kind of awe-
some. It’s nice when
musicians that you like
transition out of phases
along with you.”

“I’m living in Venice, California, now, and everyone here either surfs or skateboards. I’m afraid of sharks, so there’s something a little frightening about dressing up like a seal and going in the ocean. I got an Arbor longboard instead, although I massively wiped out a few weeks ago, so that’s made it hard to get back on it.”

“I am really hooked
on Mad Men. I love
that it’s a period show
because people are
smoking and drinking
and acting exactly as
they would have in
¹⁹⁶⁰. The whole world
is captured with such
subtlety, and all the
girls are gorgeous. It
makes you want to
wear pencil skirts and
high heels and possibly
even a girdle.”

“I absolutely love
Martha Wainwright’s
voice. I just got into
her this year. A friend
e-mailed me “Bloody
Mother Fucking
Asshole,” and then I
desperately needed to
hear more, so I down-
loaded the whole
album. It’s amazing to
me someone can come
up with such, um,
meaningful words.”