MANILA, Philippines?When some celebrities open their mouths to speak, watch out. What you hear may be dangerous to your?mental health?:

Jean Claude van Damme: In an action film, you act in the action. If it?s a dramatic film, you act in the drama.

Roberto Benigni: Charlie Chaplin used his ass better than any other actor. In all of his films, his ass is practically the protagonist. For a comic, the ass has incredible importance.

Tatiana Patritz: I loved making ?Rising Sun.? I got into the psychology of why my character liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It had to do with low self-esteem.

Milla Jovovich: Starring as Joan of Arc was incredibly trying on a physical level, but what kept me going was the thought that, no matter how difficult it was for me, I knew it had been more difficult for Joan.

David Hasselhoff: Beyond its entertainment value, ?Baywatch? has enriched and, in many cases, helped save lives. I?m looking forward to the opportunity to continue with a project which has had such significance for so many.

Bob Denver: My TV movie about this complicated case answers all the questions, finally, but not really, kind of.

Tim Burton: ?Planet of the Apes? just kind of touches on all issues: Race, how we treat other cultures, how we treat people, how we treat animals in relation to ourselves. The unanswerable questions: Did we come from evolution? Are we evolving? De-evolving? Darwinism vs. religious beliefs. All of these things are symbolized by what my film is, and that?s the cryptic nature of it.

Metallica guitarist Mark Hammett: My guitars are my umbilical cord: They?re directly wired into my head.

Paris Hilton: The Kaballah helps you confront your fears. Like, if a girl borrowed my clothes and never gave them back, and I saw her wearing them months later, I would confront her.

Barbra Streisand: I feel like letting go of things. I want only two houses rather than seven.

Terribly romantic

Billy Bob Thornton: If Michelle Pfeiffer gave Mel Gibson a vial of blood to wear around his neck in a movie, you?d think it was terribly romantic, everyone would cry and they?d win awards. But, in real life, if someone does that, like me and Angelina, they?d be considered weird.

Christina Ricci: Houseplants are dirty. If I have to touch one, after already being repulsed by the fact that there?s a plant indoors, then it just freaks me out.

Patricia Arquette: The threads in a 20-dollar bill are so the United States government can scan you. They can tell if you?re carrying too much currency. When I showed this to my husband, it really wowed him. When I pulled out this little spy trick, he knew how well he?d done with me.

Stories

Madonna: I?m starting to read to my son. But, I couldn't believe how vapid and vacant and empty all the stories were. There?s, like, no lessons. There?s, like, no books about anything.

George W. Bush: I have opinions of my own?strong opinions?but I don?t always agree with them.

Gerald Ford: Mr. Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. He had been preceded by 36 others.

Larry King: I?m sincere. I?m really curious. I care what people think. I listen to answers and leave my ego at the door. I don?t use the word ?I.?