“I learned Hollywood is a small community, and you really have to be a part of the community to get anything done. Unlike traditional industries, where you can do things from afar with phone calls and e-mail, this town is really about being social. Because that's how trust gets built.” DoneSocialCan DoCommunityIndustryBuiltHollywoodTownsPhonesTraditionalMailPhone CallsAfarSmall Communities Author:Jeffrey Skoll
“Courage is not having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have the strength. Industry and determination can do anything that genius and advantage can do and many things that they cannot.” InspirationalSuccessCan DoGoes OnIndustryGeniusAdvantageDeterminationUpliftingInspirational Success Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“His hypothesis goes to this - to make the common run of his readers fancy they can do all that can be done by genius, and to make the man of genius believe he can only do what is to be done by mechanical rules and systematic industry. This is not a very feasible scheme; nor is Sir Joshua sufficiently clear and explicit in his reasoning in support of it.” MenBelieveDoneRunningCan DoCommonSupportClearHe ManIndustryReaderGeniusFancyReasoningSchemesHypothesisSystematicExplicit Book:Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners Source: Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
“What the entertainment industry can do is tempt you into making stupid mistakes, but the only tool that they have to tempt you is money. So if youre okay saying no to money, then you can say no to a lot of things that you might be embarrassed of later.” IfsMightCan DoMistakeStupidIndustryToolsOkayEntertainmentEmbarrassedSaying NoEntertainment IndustryStupid Mistake Author:Paul Schneider
“If I could get any semblance of, not really anonymity, but control over my public image, that would be nice. But no, I think it's impossible [to maintain that], for one thing. I don't think anyone can do that, apart from Denzel Washington. It's a strange place that the film industry is at, where you can just play superhero after superhero.” IfsThinkingPlayWould BeFilmCan DoNiceImpossibleOne ThingStrangeIndustryIf I CouldBeing NiceSuperheroAnonymityFilm IndustrySemblanceStrange PlacesDenzelPublic Image Author:Robert Pattinson
“All the big pop acts that I've been into over the years - whether it's ABBA or Prince - managed to combine amazing melodies and honest human emotion. But coming out of the super-super-commerical pop industry in the 90s, maybe people forgot about the fact that pop music can do both of those things.” PeopleYearsHumansFactsBigsCan DoEmotionHonestIndustryPopsMelodyComing OutPop MusicHuman EmotionsAbba Author:Robyn