Find out what the celebs have to say about their bodies, their mothers and other crucial issues...

On risk taking:

'Directing. Not to be too martyrish, but directing is an agonising thing. Somebody said it's like being pecked apart by a thousand pigeons.'
Kenneth Branagh

'The biggest risks weren't risks that I took but that people were willing to take that involved me. Cameron Crowe said, "I know nobody's ever heard of her but..." Those were risks, and I'll forever be grateful to those people.'
Renee Zellweger

'I don't think of anything as a "risk". I try to have every experience I can in life. When you're old, they say that your regrets aren't what you did but what you didn't do. So I like to take every opportunity that I can.'
Cameron Diaz

On bodies and body image:

'There's something very awkward about women and their breasts because men look at them so much. Men love them, and I love that.'
Drew Barrymore

'What's so beautiful about breasts is their uniqueness. I don't understand the obsession with fakeness. It's a very odd thing, isn't it, to prefer fake and big to small and unique or just beautiful and real.'
Anne Heche

'I refuse to become part of this perfect-body syndrome. I like my body. It looks good on-screen, and it's not because it's perfect. I accept it and wear it like a good dress... One guy I dated said: "You're beautiful but you're soft. You can't compete with other actresses in Hollywood because everyone's in shape and working out." I said: "Very nice to meet you. Good-bye!"'
Salma Hayek

On mistaken identities:

'People always ask me to sign Helen Hunt's autograph.'
Jodie Foster

'There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion.'
Tom Selleck

'I have a brother and two sisters, but I look more like Kelsey Grammer than any of them.'
David Hyde Pierce

On role models:

'Walter Matthau is the role model of all role models. He's completely himself as an individual. He's funny. He's a storyteller. He thinks in such a unique way. He is my role model as I go on, and I never thought it would be a man.'
Diane Keaton

'I like Michelle Pfeiffer's career choices. I saw her at a party and followed her around, waiting for an opportunity to say something.'
Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia in Angel)

'I admire Jodie Foster. Her head is screwed on really well. It's not loose at all.'
Thora Birch

On fame:

'Unexpected affection makes me blush. It happens once in a while. Someone will admire me, and I didn't expect them to admire me.'
John Travolta

'My image is a real ball-buster, but that's ridiculous. I think it's an idea left over from women's lib. It's certainly not me. People think I'm cool, aloof, confident, strong. I'm actually funny and silly, with an emphasis on silly.'
Sigourney Weaver

On their mothers:

'My mother is the smartest woman I know. She has a mind like a steel trap. Her best advice to me was: "To thine own self be true." She often thought Polonius was much maligned.'
Ben Affleck

'My mom's a tough bird and one of my best friends in the world. She told me when I was very young, maybe five or six: "Don't ever take any crap off of anybody, ever." All through my teens and to this day, I don't.'
Johnny Depp

'"Work hard and they can't deny you," my mother said. She told me: "You're going to have to do better than anyone else. Look at that as a challenge."'
Halle Berry