“I have very mixed feelings about the movie business, and about Los Angeles in general.” FeelingsLos AngelesMovie BusinessMixed Feelings Author:Matthew Specktor
“You look at the absolute scorn that gets poured on a fallen celebrity, whether it's Tom Cruise or Lindsay Lohan or Marlon Brando, or Elvis when he got fat. They're not allowed the dignity of ordinary failure. And I think that plays into people's notions about Los Angeles, too. It's not allowed to be a regular city with problems.” PeopleThinkingLooksPlayProblemCitiesOrdinaryDignityAbsolutesNotionFatsFallenLos AngelesTomsScornCruiseBrando Author:Matthew Specktor
“I grew up with such mixed feelings about LA, but I do love it. I grew up lectured by Woody Allen, for example, that LA was absurd, worthy of ridicule and contempt. Most people seem to describe Los Angeles as elementally despicable, or as someplace that requires an apology.” PeopleFeelingsWorthyAbsurdLos AngelesContemptApologyRidiculeWoodyMixed Feelings Author:Matthew Specktor
“People don't seem to have a problem with a romanticized New York, in fact that's almost all they ever do, in some sense, is romanticize that place. Los Angeles deserves the same courtesy.” PeopleProblemDeserveLos AngelesCourtesy Author:Matthew Specktor
