Gramercy Park Hotel. June 25, 2008. By Bennett Marcus
You had to teach Sir Ben Kingsley how to hit a bong in this movie. How’d that go? “He was more interested in the acting part than the bong-hitting part.” —Jonathan Levine
—Mary-Kate Olsen
This movie takes place in 1994. What do you miss about the nineties? “It’s already back. There’s not much to miss.” —Alexie Gilmore
—Rufus Albemarle
You went to a performing-arts school, right? Was it like Fame? “Not the cool, rich one. It was less people doing pirouettes in the hallway and more Crips and Bloods who played trumpet.” —Josh Peck
—Selita Ebanks
Were you a rebellious teenager? “The summer after senior year, my overachiever friends and I rebelled and went on toilet-papering sprees. ” —Milena Govich
—Olivia Palermo
You had to learn to use a bong for this movie. Were drugs not a part of your experience? “I was a Shakespearean actor during the sixties. I remember it.” —Sir Ben Kingsley
—Zoë Kravitz
—Trish Goff
As a young model, did you smoke a lot of pot? “Pot was all around the models. Late-night munchies were very damaging for bikini shoots.” —Beth Ostrosky
—John Corbett
What do you miss most about the nineties? “My pre-9/11 childhood.” —Olivia Thirlby
—Daniela Lavender
Have your kids — Charlotte, Mark, and Samantha Ronson — ever been arrested? “No! I love that you’re the one surprised and I’m the one that’s so happy.” —Anne Dexter Jones
—Helen Lee Schifter
—Jill Kargman
Did you come to New York a lot as a kid? “I stole the car and came into the city with friends. I pretended to go look at colleges and slept in the car.” —Maggie Rizer
—Derek Blasberg
Rob, you once went to jail for smoking pot. Who bailed you out? “I guess my friends did. I know my parents didn’t.” —Rob Thomas
“Hello, he was taken in for pot! He doesn’t remember.” —Marisol Thomas