Josh Duhamel

Josh: When I first started, I wasn't really into movies that much unless it was an action-packed gunslinger with naked women here or there.

Josh: (revealing he is jealous of his friends who have children) I've got a lot of friends with kids. Two of my friends have three kids. They all have children except for me - so I've got to get on the horse! We'll do it when it's right. It's busy right now for me and my girl. It will happen.

Josh: (revealing his pick-up line to Fergie after she read he'd had a naughty dream about her) All of a sudden she was walking toward me, I was like, Oh boy. She stopped. And this is so sad, but I said, in this desperate voice, 'You're hot!' The crush of a lifetime, and that was my line! But then an interesting thing happened. She replied, 'Yeah, I read InStyle. So, how was I in your dream?'

Josh: Before I die, I want to see the South of France and Barcelona. I want a family.

(On his favorite dessert) Josh: I'm a glutton for Coffee Heath Bar Crunch ice cream.

Josh:I feel sexiest when I can make you laugh.

Josh: I'm not a buff dude. I'm 6'3 1/2" and gangly. When I have to be shirtless, I play it off as goofy as I can. I'm really not that guy.

Josh: (About his future and today) Everything's done for me now. Everything's completely changed.

Josh: I love football and beer and have a normal girlfriend.

Josh: When I first started, I wasn't really into movies that much unless it was an action-packed, gunslinger with naked women here and there.

Josh: You admire guys like Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, and Sean Penn. They avoid that stereotype so much by choosing these totally off the wall things.

Josh (on his TV and movie success so far): I'll ride this out as long as they let me. And if it ends, I'll probably go back to school and be a dentist. The thing I can say about all that's going on for me right now is that I appreciate it!

Josh (asking James Caan if he'd worked with the legendary Marlon Brando): He just kind of looked at me, and it took me a few seconds to realise I had made the most unbelievable error! [laughs] I don't know why I said it, because I knew they worked together on one of the greatest movies ever, The Godfather. I was so embarrassed - and to this day, James won't let me live it down! But he's a great guy. Very funny, very cool.

Josh (on working with James Caan): At the start I was very excited about working with him… and also pretty intimidated. I just wanted him to like me.

Josh (on working on Las Vegas): I love it. It took a while to get used to, though. It's a whole group of people, but after the first few episodes it became collaborative and creative. Everybody has such a respect for each other.

Josh: There is a stigma in Hollywood towards soap operas and soap opera actors. It really ticks me off, because there are a lot of good actors on soaps. It's the ones with the biggest egos and insecurities. They thumb their noses at soaps. Well, I'll put it up against any acting training school you want. You learn about how cameras are positioned, lighting and production. It was the best thing that could have happened to me.

Josh: One of my favorite actors is Jack Lemmon. I would love to have a career like that.

Josh: I was so poor. They wouldn't let me on the floor as a salesperson, because I was so poorly dressed. And so I was the stockroom boy.

Josh: I think everybody has crushes. I definitely had them. Alyssa Milano was one of them. But I think every teenage boy did.

Josh: I really feel like a regular dude who happens to be incredibly lucky.

Josh: Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something.