Celebrity (1998)
Actors:
J.K. Simmons (actor),
Steven Randazzo (actor),
Sam Rockwell (actor),
Joe Mantegna (actor),
Peter McRobbie (actor),
Larry Pine (actor),
Leonardo DiCaprio (actor),
Kenneth Branagh (actor),
Michael Lerner (actor),
Dylan Baker (actor),
David Margulies (actor),
Adrian Grenier (actor),
Hank Azaria (actor),
Ian Somerhalder (actor),
Tony Sirico (actor),
Plot: Lee Simon, unsuccessful journalist and wanna-be novelist, tries to get a foot into the door with celebrities. After divorcing his wife Robin, Lee gets to meet a lot folks of the rich and / or beautiful, partly through journalism, partly because he has a script to offer. But life among those from out-of-this-world is hard, and his putative success always results in defeat. Meanwhile Robin meets a very desirable TV-producer and takes the first steps in the world of celebrities herself.
Keywords: actor, actress, analyst, anger, aspiring-writer, aston-martin, atlantic-city-new-jersey, autograph, banana, basketball-player
Genres:
Comedy,
Drama,
Taglines: A funny look at people who will do anything to get famous... or stay famous.
Quotes:
Robin Simon: There aren't any ticks around here, are there? I'd hate to get Lyme disease.::Priest at Catholic Retreat: We haven't had any casualties.
Nicole Oliver: I can't have sex with you! My body belongs to my husband and there is no way that I could betray him in that way. But what I do from the neck up is a different story.
[sighting celebrities at a screening]::Tony Gardella: Oh, and getting out of the elevator I see there's a famous critic.::Robin Simon: Him, I recognize.::Tony Gardella: Oh, he used to hate every movie. Then, he married a young, big-bosomed woman, and now he loves every movie.
Robin Simon: I've become the person I've always hated, but I'm happier.
Robin Simon: No matter what the shrinks, or the pundits, or the self-help books tell you, when it comes to love, it's luck.
[talking about Papadakis]::Tony Gardella: He's very arty, pretentious, one of those assholes who shoots all his films in black and white.
Supermodel: You're not afraid of catching germs? And you know, I'm coming down with a cold and everything...::Lee Simon: From you I'd be willing to catch terminal cancer.
Tony Gardella: Tom Dale. *Big* star. He's in New York filming an adaptation of a sequel of a remake.
Waiting Room Nurse: I'm sorry, the doctor just doesn't do penis enlargements. We don't have the space.::Waiting Room Patient: We're talking about 3 inches here!
Robin Simon: [affecting a Southern accent] I have always depended on the kindness of strangers...