The week in quotes from Hollywood in the Hub

“Anytime I hear a movie that might be filming in Boston, it shoots up on my priority list. I did grow up in Sudbury, but all my friends live in Boston, so we pretty much hit sleazy, dirty Boston bars."

--Chris Evans, the homegrown hottie from "Fantastic Four" and co-star in the upcoming flick "Push" with Dakota Fanning, says there's no place like home ... especially the sleazy, dirty bars.

“We're scrambling to keep up with the demand, and one of the things that this conference hopes to achieve is to let people who are looking for work in the industry know how to get it."

--Nicholas Paleologos, executive director of the Massachusetts Film Office, tells NewsCenter 5 at the MFO's first career fair held at the InterContinental Boston on Saturday, Jan. 24 that job-seekers looking to break into the state's booming movie industry may be in luck.

“We have a handful of planes circling the runway waiting for SAG to ink a deal with the studios before coming in for a landing. I’m expecting somewhere between 8 and 12 major projects this year--depending on how fast SAG re-ups with the studios.”

--MFO's Paleologos spills to the Boston Herald that ousting Screen Actors Guild president Doug Allen is good news for the local film industry.

"They could never make a James Bond movie like any of the 'Bourne' films because Bond is an imperialist, misogynist sociopath who goes around bedding women and swilling martinis and killing people. He's repulsive."

--Cambridge homeboy Matt Damon, in town participating in a discussion about Haiti at the John F. Kennedy Library on Tuesday, Jan. 27, raised a few eyebrows after rapping with the Miami Herald about his take on James Bond.

“He’s spilling the beans and telling us everything that happens before it happens. He’s ruining it for everyone in this area . . . This is serious information.”

--An alleged family friend left a supposed voicemail message here at MTV headquarters in NYC claiming that Medford native turned reality star Luke Verge does win over Brody Jenner's affections to snag the ultimate BFF bragging rights on MTV's "Bromance."

“Rumor has it that Kate Hudson’s character actually works at a different firm with a longer name. Even so, we’re tickled to see our firm’s name in Hollywood lights. It’s all in good fun, and it comes at a time when everyone can use a laugh, for sure.”

--Ropes & Gray spokesman John D. Tuerck says that while the firm did not plan for the brief flash of the Ropes & Gray nameplate in the made-in-Boston "Bride Wars" ... they're blushing over the big-screen cameo anyway.