"All of those girls knew exactly what they were doing. None of them regret a second of it. They chose to be there. They never come out with boo-hoo stories, or wail: poor me, I was considered a mere object. That's just other people's perception. These women truly loved music, and, inevitably, the men behind it. And the fun, the escape. These days, for groupies, I'd say it was more about the fame. In the film, Penny Lane knows what's coming. She goes along with a smile on her face, but she knows exactly what people think of her. She just holds on a little too long, and the inevitable happens, but she needed it to happen, to give her the strength to move on instead of feeling sorry for herself. It's a weird moment of realization for her."-- Kate Hudson (Penny Lane, Almost Famous)