Sarah Palin vs. Hollywood

Anne Hathaway, Sheryl Crow and Sigourney Weaver used the camera on the red carpet to share their opinions on Sarah Palin.

Hathaway: “I was really happy that ‘SNL’ drew attention to the fact that Sarah Palin didn’t answer any questions ... and that’s kind of frightening.”

Crow: “I have a lot of respect for John McCain, but I don’t believe he is putting his country first by choosing someone who I feel like is not qualified. I think it was a tactical maneuver to save his failing campaign.”

Weaver: “I don’t feel she represents me in any way. She’s in a skirt, that’s about it.”

--On the red carpet at the Elle Women in Hollywood awards  (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)

John McCain “likes to do all his communicating via carrier pigeon. ... Although lately we’ve been having a problem with Sarah Palin shooting them down.”

--Betty White, with a touch of humor on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”  (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

By Stephanie Lysaght, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

“I don’t think I would want her running the country.... I’m not going to vote for her because she’s a woman.

“We disagree on a lot of issues, and that’s why I support [Barack] Obama and [Joe] Biden.”

-- Eva Longoria on TV’s “Extra”  (Virginie Lefour / AFP/Getty Images)

“This woman hates women.…She is not a feminist. She is not the woman that’s going to come behind Hillary Clinton and do anything that Hillary Clinton would’ve been capable of.... I can’t imagine overturning Roe vs. Wade. She’s not of this time. The woman terrifies me.”

-- Pink to PopEater  (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

“As someone who has spent over 40 years advocating on behalf of women both politically and philanthropically, as someone who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton and as someone who cares deeply about the health and welfare of all women, hear me Senator McCain: This calculated, cynical ploy to pull away a small percentage of Hillary’s women voters from Barack Obama will not work. We are not that stupid!”

-- Barbara Streisand, on her blog  (Seth Wenig / Associated Press)

“I think there’s a really good chance that Sarah Palin could be president, and I think that’s a really scary thing, ‘cause I don’t know anything about her -- I don’t think in eight weeks I’m going to know anything about her. I know that she was a mayor of a really, really small town and she’s the governor for Alaska for less than two years. I just don’t understand. I think the pick was made for political purposes.... Do the actuary tables and there’s a 1 out of 3 chance, if not more, that [John] McCain doesn’t survive his first term and it’ll be President Palin…. It’s like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom, you know, ‘Oh, I’m just a hockey mom’… and she’s facing down President Putin [of Russia]…. It’s totally absurd …. It’s a really terrifying possibility.”

-- Matt Damon, Associated Press   (Jonathan Hayward / Associated Press)

“I’m stunned -- couldn’t the Republican Party find one competent female with adult children to run for vice president with McCain? I realize his advisors probably didn’t want a ‘mature’ woman, as the Democrats keep harping on his age. But really, what kind of role model is a woman whose fifth child was recently born with a serious issue, Down syndrome, and then goes back to the job of governor within days of the birth?”

-- Dr. Laura Schlessinger, on her blog  (Susan Sterner / Associated Press)

“At first I thought Sarah Palin was some kind of Republican pandering -- a misguided attempt to woo Hillary voters over to the dark side, as if they believed women voters were so stupid that they would vote for anyone in a skirt, but now I see that she is much, much worse. I have nothing against hockey moms -- I just don’t want to be one. If Sarah Palin had her way, she would take away that right not to be a mom. She wants to outlaw abortion -- so to call her a feminist is as laughable as calling evangelicals ‘Christians.’ They shouldn’t have the right to call themselves Christian, for they have no Christ-like attributes.”

-- Margaret Cho, on her blog  (Jennifer S. Altman / For The Times)

“The idea that people who voted for Hillary, who tend to be Democrats, would change and vote for McCain because of Sarah Palin seems to me bizarre.... I find that an odd idea because, of course, Sarah Palin’s politics are to the right of McCain’s. She’s incredibly conservative, and I think it’s fair to say she’s more conservative than John McCain. So whether she will rally more conservative people to get out there and vote, I don’t know. But most of the people I know that were interested in voting for Hillary are voting for Obama.”

-- Annette Bening, during a press junket for “The Women”  (Paul Buck / EPA)

“It’s amazing that a woman has come that far. But from what I know about her, her policies are not things I agree with.”

-- Meg Ryan, during a press junket for “The Women”  (Rob Loud / Getty Images)

“I couldn’t be more supportive of a woman in office, but let’s face it, it comes down to the person, and their beliefs, male or female.... Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control?”

-- Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan on Ronson’s MySpace page  (Peter Kramer / Associated Press)