“I think it would be a problem if Hollywood was casting British actors only as villains; if that were the case, then certainly there would be cause for concern.” IfsThinkingProblemWould BeActorsCausesCasesConcernHollywoodBritishVillainCasting Author:Alfred Molina
“My first book, Fast Forward, was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of celebrity, and I've often felt the reason my work has an audience in the UK is because it's everything the British love to hate about the Americans.” FirstsBookReasonKidsHateCultureFeltAudienceGrowing UpGrowingShadowHollywoodBritishMaterialismAffectedCultLove Hate Author:Lauren Greenfield
“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
“The British are the last national group who can be insulted by Hollywood without any comeback. These days if you depict Italians as gangsters, Saudis as terrorists or Mexicans as violent drug dealers you'll never hear the end of it. But as still the largest - and possibly the richest - ethnic group in the States, the British just have to take it.” IfsStillsEndsStatesLastsGroupsDrugHollywoodBritishTerroristViolentThese DaysComebackDealerGangstersSaudisInsultedDrug DealersEthnic Groups Author:Simon Hoggart
“A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.” FeelsReasonFilmIndustryHollywoodCommittedBritishInfrastructureFilm IndustryBritish Film Author:Mike Leigh
“In the late 1930s, both the British and American movie industries made a succession of films celebrating the decency of the British Empire in order to challenge the threatening tide of Nazism and fascism and also to provide employment for actors from Los Angeles's British colony. The best two were Hollywood's Gunga Din and Britain's The Four Feathers...” MadeTwoFilmOrderActorsChallengesFourIndustryLateHollywoodBritishEmploymentCelebrateBritainEmpiresLos AngelesFascismTidesThreateningFeathersDecencySuccessionColonyNazism1930sBritish EmpireAmerican MovieMovie Industry Author:Philip French
“The British tradition, basically, is to go to the character. And the Hollywood tradition, shall we say, is basically to take the character to the performer.” CharacterTraditionHollywoodBritishPerformers Author:John Hurt
“Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.” NeedsShouldRealFilmPrinciplesDangerIndustryIntegrityHollywoodBritishCompromiseServantMakersRevivalFilm IndustryNever CompromiseBritish Film Author:Mike Leigh
“Hollywood movies are designed for 15-year-old youths from North Dakota who, intellectually speaking, are on equal terms with a British zoo animal.” YearsTermAnimalYouthEqualHollywoodBritishZoosDakotaHollywood MoviesNorth Dakota Author:Jeremy Clarkson
“I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.” CountryThreeHouseDirectorsMarriedHollywoodTheaterMovedBritishLondonParisHallsPeterApartment Author:Leslie Caron
“His scowl returned. "Why, if they're supposed to be Greek, are all of them speaking with an English accent?" She laughed. "Didn't you know that British is, like, the universal 'foreign' language in Hollywood? They use it in any movie where they want to have a foreign feel to it, regardless of where it's set” IfsKnowsWantFeelsUseLanguageHollywoodUniversalBritishSupposed To BeGreekLaughedAccentsForeign Language Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon