“As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.” ArtistTalkingHollywoodObscureNot Talking Author:Christian Marclay
“The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.” WayDoneJobsFilmArtistActorsOpportunityBecomingHollywoodMediumsAffectedGood JobCablesRecessionsRobustPlumsFilm Actors Author:Omari Hardwick
“A lot of people who are actors and artists who work in Hollywood come from a background of abuse, and you can make abused people very fearful and they'll do what they're told. Hollywood definitely has a point of view that it sells.” PeopleArtistActorsViewsHollywoodAbuseSellsPoint Of ViewBackgroundsFearful Author:Roseanne Barr
“I thought, 'Okay, what's going to be my edge, and how am I going to define what I'm doing differently?' Once I had that key idea of the software developer as an artist, once I had that idea, a whole bunch of other ideas flowed from that, because I realized that I need to go study the music industry, I need to study the book publishing and Hollywood and figure out how they do things, why they do them that way, and then I need to borrow, and rearrange, the things that they're doing to fit my industry so that I can invent and create this new industry.” WayNeedsI CanBookIdeasWholeArtistStudyFiguresKeysIndustryFitOkayHollywoodEdgesI RealizedBunchSoftwarePublishingMusic IndustryDevelopersBook Publishing Author:Trip Hawkins
“What guided Chaplin was the proper protection of self-interest (or craziness). So Chapling, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mark Pickford, with DW Griffith and William S Hart, made an alliance, called United Artists, whereby they would own a distribution company that would market their pictures, allowing them a greater return than if they leased the movies to some outside distributor.” IfsMadeSelfFilmArtistInterestUnitedCompanyGreaterReturnHollywoodMarkProtectionAllowingDistributionSelf InterestAlliancesCrazinessDistributorsHartChaplin Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“The attempt is that we want to get a couple of minutes under our belt, depending on how good the tests are and take that into Hollywood. The fallback is we're going to DVD anyways. We've got that covered.” WantArtistMinutesCoupleTestsHollywoodCoveredBeltsDvds Author:Todd McFarlane
“I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world.” WorldWantAbleWantedArtistCompanyHollywoodProductionsGreat Artist Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks.” IfsThinkingWorldDoeJobsArtistActorsGoalHollywoodBunchFilmmakerDecentDisagreeHacksBad MoviesBest Artist Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“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
“It's a big culture of mind control too, MK-Ultra mind control rules in Hollywood. If you don't know that, google it and look into it. It's really hard for artists to find their voice in the media. It's levels of brainwashing and mind control.” IfsKnowsMindLooksHardBigsArtistCultureVoiceLevelsMediaHollywoodGoogleMind ControlBrainwashingUltras Author:Roseanne Barr
“It's hard to not get typed in Hollywood. They really want to type you. I'm trying to avoid that, because I want to do a lot of things. I know what I'm capable of. I forgive them because they don't know. They haven't seen me play Hamlet. They're not going to cast me as an English aristocrat. I'm going to have to prove that on my own. That's okay. That's what you have to fight for if you want to be an artist.” IfsKnowsWantTryingHardPlayArtistFightingMy OwnHavensTypeProveCapableOkayHollywoodForgivingCasts Author:Sam Rockwell
“I like to break down barriers and I think that Hollywood is doing the same thing over and over. I want to do something new and say, "Let's evolve as artists!"” ThinkingWantArtistBreakHollywoodEvolveBarriersSomething NewBreaking Down Author:Gina Carano
“The traditional model for a company like Coca-Cola is to hire one big advertising agency and essentially outsource all of its creativity in that area. But Coca-Cola does not do it that way. It knows how to manage creative people and creative teams and it has been quite adept at building a network that includes the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood, which is a talent agency.” PeopleKnowsWayDoeHas BeensBigsArtistCompanyCreativityKnow HowCreativeTeamTalentBuildingModelsAreasHollywoodTraditionalAdvertisingManageAgencyCreative PeopleCreative ArtAdvertising AgenciesAdeptCreative ArtistsCoca ColaCreative Team Author:John Kao
“The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.” ArtistCommunicationHollywoodEngagedEngagementMaterialisticNew Artists Author:Patti Smith
“I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.” WantBeautifulArtistHollywoodLos AngelesPlasticCommercial Art Author:Andy Warhol
“The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.” WantWritingArtArtistPowerfulCriticismHollywoodCriticsReviewsInspiring Writing Author:William Faulkner
“In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.” ThinkingWayTryingReasonEnoughArtistForgetTechnologyToo MuchComputerHollywoodCopiesAnimationGood MoviePixarComputer Animation Author:Tim Burton
“Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art. To tell stories. Yes to make money as well, but it was about both. Now I feel, it's mostly about bottom line and making money.” PeopleFeelsWellsArtReasonStoriesRunningWantedUsedArtistLinesHollywoodBottomUsed To BeMaking MoneyBottom Line Author:Matthew Lillard