Quality spin control: http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1565719,00.html
Money line: "As for where the quotes came from, Paltrow says she did not give an interview to the Portuguese daily newspaper, though she did give a press conference – in Spanish – for an endorsement she did in Spain.

"This is what I said. I said that Europe is a much older culture and there's a difference. I always say in America, people live to work and in Europe, people work to live. There are positives in both," says the actress, adding, "Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!"

Somewhere in Cali Micheal Richards is calling her publicist.

I don't think that was a Spanish word Richards was using.