‘I’ve been very thorough in my recovery, and identified where I am powerless. And I’m truly powerless over cocaine. There’s no question about that in my life.” — Daniel Baldwin, actor and brother of Alec Baldwin, on his 18-year drug addiction. He recently completed a three-month drug treatment programme in California.

“It’s more for Eva, it’s not me. I’m just there holding hands, they take pictures. It’s her world.”>— Tony Parker, NBA champ and husband of actress Eva Longoria, on the ever-present paparazzi.

“I actually like seeing the old pictures because what it says to me is, ‘You never allow yourself to get there again.’ It was dangerous to me. Very dangerous. I was killing myself.”$>— Star Jones Reynolds, on viewing photos of when she was heavy.

“I don’t believe in accidents. I know for sure that everything in life happens to help us live.” — Oprah Winfrey“I’m humbled by this opportunity.” — Isaiah Washington, on bouncing back from his “Grey’s Anatomy” firing with a role on the new NBC series “Bionic Woman”.

“It will never happen in this lifetime or beyond.” — Rosie O’Donnell’s spokeswoman, Cindi Berger, freezing the idea of O’Donnell facing her archnemesis, Donald Trump, in the upcoming celebrity version of “The Apprentice”

“Last year I was totally overwhelmed. I was in my underwear on the sofa at home.” <$>— Jon Cryer, noting he reacted more calmly to his Emmy nomination this year as supporting actor in a comedy series for “Two and a Half Men”.