Penelope: I didn't want to lose my big bum

Curvy bums are back and one Hollywood star claims she has even become 'addicted' to a false bottom designed to give her a bigger behind.Penelope Cruz sported a fake bum in her latest film, 'Volver', and claims she didn't want to take it off after filming had wrapped up.She says she was emotionally so attached to her role as Raimunda that she wanted to maintain the curves.'I couldn't leave the set,' Penelope told reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival. 'I didn't want to take my false ass off. There was an emotional attachment.'Acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar says he insisted on Penelope wearing the bottom for the film, as he wanted her to look like a 1950s Italian screen siren.He explained that 32-year-old Penelope had a small head and an ample bosom, but a 'slender ass', which meant that she needed a little help in this area.

This week to celeb quotes : They Said What?

• "I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me. So I got a Sharpie and drew horns and a goatee."– Rachael Ray, on defacing photos of herself on the walls of her new talk show's offices, to PEOPLE • ''At the end of (filming) every movie I think, 'Wow – this is the last one! Nice working with you.' ''– Scarlett Johansson, on feeling neurotic about her career peaking, to In Style• "It wouldn't be very smart for the girl off a reality television show to take a film like that for her first motion picture."– Katharine McPhee, on speculation that she's up for the role of Wonder Woman, to Entertainment Weekly• "My ex-wife once said, 'He's Saddam Hussein.' She said that. And I thought, 'Do I hide myself in cramped underground quarters? ... Did I execute whole villages of people and bulldoze their bodies into a pit?' "– 30 Rock's Alec Baldwin, on his acrimonious divorce with ex-wife Kim Basinger, to GQ
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• "If you answer too fast it means you didn't really look. If it's too slow, it means you didn't like it. So it doesn't really matter what you say, you're just wrong. So I just drink a lot now. And it helps."– Ashton Kutcher, on installing a wet bar in his closet to deal with the dreaded "How do I look?" question (from wife Demi Moore), to Conan O'Brien • "It's not about big moves and pyro, it's about captivating the audience, and she's one of the best." – Nick Lachey, on how sensual crooner Sade inspired his new tour, to MTV.com