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In her interview with the Telegraph, 64-year-old Diane von Furstenberg explains the motivation for her iconic wrap dress design, shares her recommendation for Kate Middleton's wedding gown designer, and opens up about her thoughts on plastic surgery.

On her quote from the '80s about designing the wrap dress without zippers for quietly leaving a sleeping man: "Haven't you ever tried to creep out of the room unnoticed the following morning? I've done that many times."

On Kate Middleton: "I think she should go for Alexander McQueen. But you know what? She reminds me more and more of Diana. Everything about her. I think she's there to avenge Diana's memory — that's clearly what William wants. Giving Kate his mother's ring was a great gesture, and I think that theirs will be a happy version of his parents' marriage. But he absolutely chose a woman who was like his mother — that was deliberate."

On utilizing her sexuality in the workplace: "I had good legs and I loved showing them off. Yes, I used the aspects of being a woman to my advantage, but I worked for myself, not a big corporation, so I was lucky to have the freedom to behave however I liked."

On plastic surgery: "Sometimes I think that we've regressed . . . All these women with fake breasts and cosmetic surgery — all that just objectifies us again . . . But I think the pendulum will swing back the other way. The whole point about beauty is its imperfection."

"Even though I am a little brat . . . 33 girls in two months seems like too much even for a 30-year-old."

— Without compromising his virile reputation, little brat and Italian prime minister Berlusconi argues that he's just too old (74) to have that much sex. He's facing allegations that he had sex with 33 women, including an underage prostitute, at his villa where "bunga bunga" parties were held. As for details involving erotic dancing that turned sexual, Berlusconi said: "The girls were just shaking a leg in the disco — alone, as I've never liked dancing."

"You can't really get mad at David because he's not a malicious person. He was dealing with things the best way he could. And don't get me wrong, he was on a show for entertainment. David is smart, and David is also a showman. He knew what he was doing . . . He's not out to harm. But I'm his biggest protector. I can't help it."

— Courteney Cox says she bears no grudge toward her separated husband David Arquette in April's Harper's Bazaar. After their split last October, David divulged intimate relationship details on Howard Stern. Maybe it's his well-documented remorse? Or maybe she subscribes to the British royal etiquette of rising above hostility toward former lovers? But it sounds to me like there's still some mutual affection.

"My advice is just enjoy it, enjoy it because it's [the] most extraordinary experience to see your daughter marrying someone who loves her, who wants to take care of her and you just want to be part of their happiness."

— Hillary Clinton hands over the mother-of-most-famous-bride crown to Kate's mother Carole Middleton and offers advice to both families as the countdown to 2011's most high-profile wedding begins. Savoring the moment may sound trite, but her description of the joy parents feel when their children marry comes straight from experience.

"The moral is that when you're tired, just suck it up and go to the bar . . . you might meet your wife."

— Matt Damon tells Ellen that he really didn't want to go out the night he met his wife in Miami, where he was filming. He said some guys in the crew dragged him out that night and "we ended up at a bar where my wife was the bartender. I literally saw her across a crowded room . . . and eight years and four kids later, that's my life." Destiny!

"My father always said I'd be a late bloomer."

— David Seidler won me, and I imagine many others, over during his acceptance speech for best original screenplay at the Oscars. At 73, he's the oldest person ever to win in the category, but the script was long in the making.

After overcoming a stutter himself — one he attributes to the trauma of growing up in wartime London — he long admired George VI. Seidler began researching the project in the '70s but abandoned it in 1982 when the Queen Mum asked him not to pursue it in her lifetime. She died in 2002, and he went back to work in 2005. A late bloomer, maybe? But with an Oscar in hand and hindsight in rear view, it looks like perfect timing.

"I've never been so on trend in my entire life."

— Jane Krakowski knows that an emerging baby bump is this season's must-have red carpet accessory, calling a visible pregnancy the new black. That sounds like something her 30 Rock character would say; we can definitely imagine Jenna at least faking a pregnancy for a boost in attention. Maybe that's how they'll work in Jane's very real pregnancy!

"I only learned how to text because back when I was drinking, I would get in trouble when I would call my wife and she would find out I was drinking. And then I started slurring my texts and I figured hell, I gotta quit drinking. Thank God nobody knew anything about Skype back then — I would've never stayed out of trouble!"


— Tim McGraw says his inability to text straight, along with his wife's disapproval, got him to stop drinking. Drunk dialing or texting is an embarrassing yet efficient wake-up call.

"I look for all the same things I would in a friend. Obviously, you need the sexual attraction too, so it's like your best friend who you are also really attracted to."

— In the February issue of InStyle, Natalie Portman talks about her perfect match, which we now know is her Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied. So it's like a friend with benefits plus commitment? Sounds about right to us!

"I want a guy who is masculine, good with his hands, and able to build stuff and who has survival skills. Facial hair is a big turn-on . . . I like a stronger, more physically imposing man — like a lumberjack."

— Chloë Sevigny knows what she wants in a man but hasn't found it yet. While describing her ideal guy in lumberjack detail for the January issue of Playboy, she settles the facial hair question, at least for herself.