There's obviously buzz--of a different kind--surrounding "Bee Movie," which opens on Friday. The leading lady, a florist, is voiced by Renee Zellweger, an awards favorite. Zellweger probably delivered one of the best acceptance speeches in recent memory, when she won the SAG for Chicago in 2003. I told her that I had taped the speech and watched it on repeat during an interview at awards season last year. "You need to date more," the woman who played Bridget Jones told me. Here are 7 things you don't know about Renee, unpublished until now.
(1) Even she admits that she looks like Ellen Pompeo from "Grey's Anatomy." "You know what's really funny. I met her ages and ages ago, and I remember thinking I look just like her. I could swear she was a waiter in Los Angeles. You'll have to ask her. Do some research and see if she was a waitress at King's Road Cafe."
(2) Does that mean she has a great memory? "No no no. Maybe not so great, because I can't confirm I'm not telling stories here."
(3) Like Popeye, her favorite food is spinach. "I eat spinach pretty much daily if I can. But I tend to get it stuck between my two front bottom teeth. My favorite thing in the whole world is a spinach salad from Quality Food & Beverage on Third Street in Los Angeles."
(4) She still has a Texas accent. "You can't take the girl out of Texas. I go back there, to the Starbucks and chat with them about what's going on."
(5) She doesn't mind being single. "I like to say I'm not single, I'm very busy. I can't even call my mother. It's horrible. I'm in a car running from one place to the next, saying, I have to call you from the garage."
(6) On rumors that she was dating Hollywood hunks George Clooney and Damien Rice. "Lucky me! Can I add to the list? Oh, good god. I could get myself into a lot of trouble and I choose not to."
(7) What it feels like to give an acceptance speech. "It's this frightening, vulnerable moment in public."
