Poll: Celebrities love IMDb too (Part 2)

Results of 1,444 votes:

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   Olivia Wilde

    

   "The funny thing is, I used to be a casting assistant so 90% of my day was spent on IMDb checking everybody’s representatives." – Olivia Wilde
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   Guillermo del Toro

    

   "I check all the [actors’] credits there. Literally, if I’m going to hire someone, I go to IMDb and check [their credits] . . . I religiously avoid the message boards. Sometimes if I want to boos…
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   Jake Gyllenhaal

    

   "I am an IMDbPro member and I use it for all different things. I don’t know a person who doesn’t use [IMDbPro]. It’s a tremendous resource for me in getting information and making creative choice…
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   Chris Hemsworth

    

   "I use it all the time. If someone sends me a script or there’s a meeting with a director, they’ll also send me the link to IMDb. And I can look at it and go: ‘Oh, they’ve done this, this and thi…
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   Russell Brand

    

   "It's an industry staple, IMDB. How did we cope without it? Did we cope without it? Was there a time before IMDb?" – Russell Brand
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   Malcolm McDowell

    

   "IMDb is a fantastic tool for actors. Because if you’re asked to do a film: ‘With who? How do you spell it? Oh. I’ve never heard of him. Hang on . . . [Mimics looking someone up on IMDb] Oh! He d…
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   Jodie Foster

    

   "I use IMDb constantly." – Jodie Foster
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   Eli Roth

    

   "It was because IMDb had chosen my photo gallery and we got so many clicks that we became the #1 most viewed photo gallery that I was able to raise the rest of the financing for the film." –…
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   Kevin Smith

    

   “I hit it everyday. It’s my homepage. It’s an insanely useful tool . . . IMDb practically cured cancer . . . IMDb gets people jobs.” – Kevin Smith
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    Josh Brolin

     

    "I use it a lot. I love you, IMDb: A little too much!" – Josh Brolin
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    Tobin Bell

     

    “If you’re interested in birds then you go to Audubon. If you’re interested in entertainment, you go to IMDb.” – Tobin Bell
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    John Krasinski

     

    "I definitely use IMDb. It’s funny because my understanding [of IMDb] started out as a tool to use in the business. And that’s the biggest understatement that you can hear. It’s a HUGE, essential…
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    Blake Lively

     

    I actually use IMDbPro because it’s worth the extra money. It’s such a full encyclopedia of knowledge about films and actors. I know tons of people that aren’t in this business that have IMDb accounts…
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    Cameron Diaz

     

    "I use IMDb a lot to find out about other actors -- what they’ve worked on, who they’ve worked with. Also, whenever we’re casting a film or if we’re hiring a crew for a film, I use IMDb to look a…
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    Wes Craven

     

    "I actually looked at [IMDb’s STARmeter] about midway through Music of the Heart (before it had come out) and saw this huge dip and it was exactly where I had been doing remakes but not directing…
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    Uma Thurman

     

    "For those of us who don’t have encyclopedic memories (like some people I know) about cinema, [IMDb] is your encyclopedia of film. It’s a great tool." – Uma Thurman
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    Danny DeVito

     

    “I go to IMDb more than you should. I go at least a couple of times a day. Sometimes many more than that. It’s because of the things I talk about with folks. I’m always dealing with actors, movies and…
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    Jon Favreau

     

    "I can’t tell you how often we’re in a story meeting or something and somebody pulls up their lap top or their iPhone and they pull up information [on IMDb] on when a movie was made, what a ratin…
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    Joe Dante

     

    “It’s the most amazing resource that film has ever had. And it didn’t exist 20 years ago.” – Joe Dante
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    Kate Hudson

     

    "Especially when you’re more involved in the production side, IMDb Pro is very, very useful." – Kate Hudson
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    Hilary Swank

     

    "Anytime you have a question about anyone in the [entertainment] business you’re obviously going to go to IMDb. It’s on your phone as one of those go to websites." – Hilary Swank
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    Zachary Quinto

     

    “I think it’s just -- hands down -- the most comprehensive destination website for industry information” – Zachary Quinto
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    Kenneth Branagh

     

    "[IMDb] is indispensible for the instant, swift thumbnail version of things and then much more detailed if you need it to be. It’s one of those bits of the modern world that I genuinely wonder at…
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    Kenneth Branagh

     

    “It’s hard to imagine any filmmaker who wouldn’t be using [IMDb] for the way it allows you to traverse the business. It’s a fine idea, well executed and much appreciated.” – Kenneth Branagh
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    Allison Janney

     

    "It helps me so much when I’m about to go meet a director for a movie or I’m going to meet a writer. I go on IMDb and find all these details that help to make the meetings more personal. Like, ‘I…
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    Ginnifer Goodwin

     

    "I have the [IMDb] app. It’s how I look everyone up and see what everyone is doing and familiarize myself with people before I work with them. I don’t want to have any relationship to gossip. I l…