"Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image."


"French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar."



"Grease is the only cure for a hangover."


"Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."


"I can spend hours in a grocery store. I get so excited when I see food, I go crazy. I spend hours arranging my baskets so that everything fits in and nothing gets squashed. I'm really anal about it, actually."


"I don't say that I won't do nudity for other people's benefit. It has nothing to do with other people's, it's just what I'm comfortable with. I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't think it's a bad thing, I think I have a nice body, I'm happy with it."


"I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."


"I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs."


"I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress."


"It's cute when you meet young boys and they're bright red and breathing like they've run up the stairs, but they're just sitting outside the door. I've had phone calls in the middle of the night when I stay at hotels."

Voted the worst (1st) autographer in Hollywood by Autograph Collector's 14th annual survey. (2006)

A Los Angeles judge awarded her undisclosed statutory damages after photographer John Rutter tried to sell semi-naked photos and videos of her - taken before she was famous. (April 4, 2006)

Diaz and Kate Winslet plan a joint backpacking tour through India to prepare for their roles in upcoming movie HOLIDAY. (December 21, 2005)

Julie Andrews says Diaz would be the ideal actress to play Maria if THE SOUND OF MUSIC were ever to be remade. (November 29, 2005)

Says the best award she's ever won is a Nickelodeon burp award. She took part in the TV contest to find the person with the best burp.

Says she's always late because she's in a different time zone (15 minutes later) to everyone else.

Says she is sickened by the number of women who resort to plastic surgery because it takes away their natural character. (November 9, 2005)

Hopes her relationship with Justin Timberlake will be like her parents', who have been married for 34 years. (November 8, 2005)

Surprised a class at Stanford University when she helped lead a lecture on environmentally friendly design. Diaz's appearance came as part of taping for a mtvU program called Stand-In in which celebrities teach a class. (October 22, 2005)

Will star opposite Kate Winslet in a new romantic comedy called HOLIDAY. (September 30, 2005)

Described by fashion designer Valentino as dressing like bag ladies, compared to glamorous Hollywood greats. (September 29, 2005)

Told photographers at the Toronto International Film Festival that their clicking was giving her a nervous breakdown. (September 24, 2005)

John Rutter, the photographer convicted of trying to sell topless pictures of Diaz after forging her signature on a contract, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison. (September 16, 2005)

Said she will happily ditch acting should another career path take her fancy. (September 15, 2005)

Won her libel lawsuit against a British newspaper The Sun over the publication's claim she was cheating on her boyfriend Justin Timberlake with MTV producer Shane Nickerson. (July 30, 2005)