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"Fredric March had the reputation of being a ladies man. We made two pictures together, Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) and Good Dame (1934). But he never laid a hand on me, never made a pass at me! Freddie was happily married. He`d tease me by saying, `Look at those boobs!` or `Look at that toosh!`. But it was all in fun."

- Sylvia Sidney

On her role as the child prostitute Iris in Taxi Driver (1976): "At first I didn`t want to do the part, but only because I was afraid my friends would tease me afterwards. I thought, wow, they`ve got to be kidding. It was a great part for a 21-year old, but I couldn`t believe that they were offering it to me. I was the Disney kid."

- Jodie Foster

When I started dating Richard Hell, I would stay with Nancy (Spungen). She was a wannabe Sable, everybody hated her, she was so obnoxious, but I didn`t care, I had a place to stay. I tolerated her and even kind of liked her. She said she was going to London to get herself a Sex Pistol. Johnny and I had a love/hate thing. When Richard wasn`t around, we`d get together and talk. I always used to tease him about sex and he`d say I had a one-track mind. I told him that would be a good name for a song. Everyone was doing heroin, we were all strung out

- Sabel Starr

(on his children`s names - True and Ocean - and his name and how it affected his childhood) I want those names to be their destiny, for my daughter to be honest and my son to be expansive. I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing . . . . Kids would tease me, calling me Little Bush". But . . . I thought being called Forest helped me find my identity.

- Forest Whitaker

People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it`s amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I`m going to throw up afterwards.

- Christy Turlington

When I was in school I read a lot of comic books and pretend I was in them and kids would tease me and call me names. But now I do the same things and people say that I`m artistic and cool and I`m doing the exact same thing I did in high school. It wasn`t a very artistic school.

- Freddie Prinze Jr.

After a scary movie about the world almost ending, we can walk into the sunlight and say, "Wow, everything`s still here. I`m OK!" We like to tease ourselves. Human beings have a need to get close to the edge and, when filmmakers or writers can take them to the edge, it feels like a dream where you`re falling, but you wake up just before you hit the ground.

- Steven Spielberg

(On his children`s names - True and Ocean - & his name) "I want those names to be their destiny, for my daughter to be honest and my son to be expansive. I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing." As a child, Whitaker admitted that he was teased about his unusual name, but he maintains his name helped him learn who he was as a person. "Kids would tease me, calling me `Little Bush.` But...I thought being called Forest helped me find my identity."

- Forest Whitaker

The same thing is happening on the barrier islands, like Longboat Key and Anna Maria, when you have a red tide in the area, ... But the data is not at a fine enough resolution to tease out the economic impact.

- Chuck Adams

I tease them about geezer rock and now they`re seeing it themselves.

- Richard Tucker

Some of the (midget) men used to tease me while we were making The Wizard of Oz, used to sneak under my dress! I told them if they ever went under there - and I found out about it - they were in big trouble!

- Judy Garland

There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city.

- Andrea Kottler

Middle school is a tough age, ... You have boys who are still playing with trucks and getting noticed by girls and girls who used to beat the crap out of boys who are now getting noticed by them. Out here, they`re friends who laugh and tease each other and horse around. This is a good group of highly motivated kids.

- Anthony Alfieri