“People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.” PeopleWorldStupidIndustryHollywoodEnglandIdiot Author:Chris O'Dowd
“In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you. In Hollywood the weatherman gets a shooting schedule from all the major studios and then figures out where he can fit in a little rain without upsetting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer too much.” LittlesFunnyToo MuchFiguresFitMajorsRainHollywoodEnglandStudiosWeatherShootingCaliforniaUpsetSchedulesMetroWeathermenMayer Author:Bob Hope
“Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead and ask me if I'm still Polish. You people keep asking me this question. You want Polish artists to make it in the world, but when they do, you accuse them of treason.” PeopleIfsWorldWantStillsArtistAsksDirectorsHollywoodEnglandAskingAsk MeGermanyPolishTreasonHitchcock Author:Roman Polanski
“I loved living in Hollywood - and the weather there was just fantastic - but there is something about rural England, and especially Suffolk and Norfolk, that pulls at my heartstrings.” HollywoodEnglandWeatherFantasticNorfolkHeart StringsHeartstrings Author:Amanda Donohoe
“I grew up looking at... going to the movies a lot, as much as they'd let you. I grew up in Manchester in the north of England in the '40s and '50s. I saw a lot of movies. They were all Hollywood and British movies. I didn't see a film that wasn't in English until I was 17 when I went to London to be a student.” FilmSawsStudentsGrewGrew UpHollywoodEnglandBritishLondonManchester Author:Mike Leigh
“I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.” WorldBornCitizensHollywoodEnglandInternationalRussiaTouringSwitzerland Author:Peter Ustinov
“I like to go to England, and I'll tell you why. I like to go to a country where I am considered the best-looking person. It's as simple as that. Hollywood, kind of a crushing ego blow - 'Hey Buddy Holly, you are so old, have you not perished in a plane crash?' But not in England, good God, not there. In England, God bless that dinky island, there it's, 'Good God, look at him. He has all his teeth and his ears are in proportion to his head.' I'm Brad bloody Pitt on that island.” LooksKindPersonsCountrySimpleEgoHollywoodEarsEnglandBlowTeethHeyPlanesIslandsCrushProportionBlessBloodyCrashBuddyGod BlessBradGood GodHolliesPlane Crashes Author:Greg Proops
“When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like - America seemed like the land of opportunity and, you know, it was Hollywood to me.” KnowsHas BeensAmericaOpportunityLandMy FamilyDecidedHollywoodEnglandLand Of Opportunity Author:Aasif Mandvi
“In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing.” PeopleTryingFilmTermBreakIndustryHollywoodEnglandGood ThingsBad ThingsOpennessAppetiteSuspicionFilm Industry Author:Christopher Nolan
“If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.” IfsChildrenBookUseBigsReadingHouseParentDifferencesWhiteStepsEventsHollywoodEnglandNflPoundsNbaWhite HouseBookstoresChildren Reading Author:James Patterson
“The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love.” DealsAttitudeDirectorsHollywoodEnglandInsultingEnglish History Book:With Malice Toward Some Source: With Malice Toward Some
“Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.” EmotionHollywoodEnglandCrisisMovedContrastWornCornyStarksWorn OutCounterfeit Author:C. S. Forester