Catherine Zeta-Jones (Actor)

"I don't dwell on it, but those people who said I couldn't do it were a bit of an incentive. And I suppose it did give me a litle bit of 'Well, up yours, I'll show you', kind of attitude."---Zeta-Jones on what drives her to succeed to the London Times, July 1, 1999.

"I don't think it comes from the public, I think it comes from people who make decisions [in Hollywood]. Look at the way Hitchcok used women. In those days, you were allowed to be smart, you were allowed to be funny. I think a lot of people are afraid of women who have a lot to offer."---Zeta-Jones on being pigeonholed by her looks, quoted in Daily News, May 3, 1999.

"I found her to be a little calculating. She seemed like a climber. She was very aware of how to use sex to charm men and to get ahead. It seemed like a bit of an act."---An unnamed male interviewer on Zeta-Jones, quoted in the New York Post, August 17, 1999.

"I've never dated anybody the same age as me. I think it's because I love the knowledge older men have."--- Zeta-Jones quoted in People, October 11, 1999.

"Listen, I used to do that no-makeup, straight-hair, really-dark-coat, frumpy thing so many actresses do, because I was told to. When I asked why I was supposed to look like I slept under a bridge all night, I was told, 'You shouldn't go in looking glamorous, because casting people and directors want to see you looking natural.' But I wasn't getting hired, so finally I said, 'Oh, bollocks! Can't I just wear my Gucci clogs? What do you mean my character wouldn't wear them? I wear them.' Only when I started going to auditions as myself, dolled up, did I get work."---Zeta-Jones on her glamorous image, and how it doesn't fit in with current Hollywood ideals, quoted in Details, May 1999.

"She has an extraordinary knack for making everyone feel at home with her. On top of that, she had this self-deprecating sense of humor and pure intelligence and blinding beauty. When you look at her background you wonder, 'From whither this flower came?' Take away the Zeta and she's just Cathy Jones from Wales."---Production designer, Eugenio Zanetti on Zeta-Jones People, January 24, 2000.

"She's an awesome talent. I think I'm passe. Our housekeeper in Majorca had a list of friends who wanted Catherine's signed photos. All these years and the housekeeper's never asked me for anything."---Michael Douglas quoted to US Weekly, January 20, 2003.

"She's got that X-factor. Lauren Bacall had it. Audrey Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, they all had that great style and poise, And Catherine's got it."---"The Mask of Zorro" co-star and fellow Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins on the appeal of Zeta-Jones to Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1999.

"That's me up on the balance beam, doing back flips. I never had a problem with heights and as far as all that stuff on the skyscrapers, that's with harnesses and matting. It was only after I watched on the monitors that I wondered if I was out of my mind."---Catherine Zeta-Jones, on her stunts in "The Mask of Zorro" quoted in Newsday, May 10, 1999.

"The media obsession with my personal life was completely out of hand, and it wasn't self-inflicted. I was just a working actress, and I couldn't afford the protection I needed."---Zeta-Jones on leaving Britain, quoted to Premiere, July 1998.

Catherine was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People for 2004

Commenting on America, Catherine Zeta-Jones told Movieline (February 1998): "Generally, people here seem to be on Prozac, and sometimes I wish I was."

In February, 2005, Dawnette Knight pleaded quilty to one felony count of stalking and three felony counts of making criminal threats to the Oscar-winning Chicago star, Zeta-Jones' agent and her husband, Michael Douglas.

In March 2000, a lawsuit was filed against Zeta-Jones by film editor Petra von Oelffen who was a passenger in the actress' car when it was involved in an accident.

On October 21, 2004, Zeta-Jones filed a lawsuit against the Spice House, "Reno's Friendliest Topless Cabaret" for the unauthorized use of her photo on its website.