Yes, I Did Say That!

A look at who’s saying what in entertainment

“Maybe I won’t be able to get this one made.”

DAMIEN CHAZELLE

The filmmaker, on the Talking Pictures podcast, suggesting that he might have trouble securing financing for his new project after $80 million Babylon scraped together only $15.4 million at the U.S. and Canadian box office.

“Happy Birthday, Adele Dazeem.”

IDINA MENZEL

The actor and singer, on TikTok, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of John Travolta’s laughable mispronunciation of her name during the 2014 Academy Awards. “You might have seen me in Anyone but You or Euphoria. You definitely did not see me in Madame Web.” SYDNEY SWEENEY

The actress, on Saturday Night Live, introducing herself to the audience with a jab at her recent commercial and critical flop.

“Do you buy gas? Before you point the finger, smell it first, bitch.” RUPAUL

The Drag Race creator, in

The New Yorker, hitting back at fans who criticize that he’s made a fortune from permitting fracking on his 60,000-acre Wyoming ranch.

“We didn’t have to be anything but look cute and be silly.”

STELLAN SKARSGARD

The actor, in Vanity Fair, admitting that he, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan were never truly expected to competently sing or dance in the Mamma Mia! movies.

“It’s hard to believe that’s ideal.”

BOB BAKISH

The Paramount Global president, during a Feb. 29 earnings call, throwing a little shade at the forthcoming ESPN/Fox/WBD sports streamer — which lacks “half the NFL, a lot of college and [has] virtually no soccer or golf.”

“You would be so proud of it — a movie that should be seen but won’t.” WILL FORTE

The actor, on X, lamenting Warner Bros. Discovery’s controversial shelving of Coyote vs. Acme in an open letter to its cast and crew after finally seeing it himself.

“I’d like to find out who did this.”

DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON The actor, on X, joining the internet witch hunt for the “absolute idiot” A-list actor who Rebecca Ferguson alleged in an interview treated her awfully on a set.