Publicity, uh, Schmublicity

Cute quote from the Times' gossip column:

Doug Liman, the director of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith,' at the Garden of Ono last week, talking about the publicity-abetting gossip frenzy surrounding the movie's stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie:

'We could have promoted this movie without that. If this were 'Swingers,' I probably would have been grateful if Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau had a gay affair that people were speculating about, but a movie that has our advertising budget, we didn't need Us Weekly to promote us.'