Keri Russell Quotes

You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.

Britney Spears is one of my first idol.

I think the Jonas Brothers are really sexy in America.

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble.

I certainly know quite a few kid actors, but I'm not really friends with them. They're all very nice people, but I just don't run in the same circles.

I can't watch shows like 'The X Factor,' for instance. I just squirm for the people involved, for the way they're being used. It's the cruellest, most ridiculous show on television. It's ruined music, ruined everything.

Who wouldn't want to be an 'American Idol' judge? It's an awesome, awesome show.

I'm obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she's the nicest person ever.

Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears all the rappers, they're doing my dances and they're making billions doing my dances. When they do that little thing they do with their hands that's The Fly and The Pony.

I come from a very uncool profession: being a washed up child actor.

I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.

I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

Someone like Ashlee Simpson, she lip-synchs on 'Saturday Night Live,' gets totally called out la Milli Vanilli, and no one really cares that much. It doesn't make me hate Ashlee; she's just taking instructions.

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.

I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.'

Most of you are so young you don't know who I am, and that's good.

I think Lady Gaga is talented. Madonna is talented, and the flair that Michael Jackson had. He was talented! Whatever it is that they do, they must be doing something right. They do have an audience out there, so I respect that.

If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.

Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.

I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25.

I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.

If you can find it in you to love how stupid the entertainment industry is, you can have a great career.

I started in the industry when I was 4 years old, but I started in the spotlight when I was 11 years old, when I got 'Modern Family.'

I'd rather be on the cast of 'Love & Hip-Hop' than 'Project Runway.'