“I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.” ThinkingWantImportantChallengesInterestingProjectsEuropeHollywoodTrash Author:Zhang Ziyi
“Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on an unforgettable ride through the overlapping underworlds of B&D magazines, Hollywood noir, and early political liberation movements that inspired actress Maila Nurmi to challenge a postwar culture bent on stifling women's choices, bodies, and desires. This book is a subversive masterpiece.” FirstsBookDreamBodyPoliticalDesireChoicesCultureChallengesGenerationsMovementHorrorHollywoodInspiredActressesMagazinesVampireLiberationGoddessWetBentCartoonMasterpieceBondageNoirSubversiveUnderworldUnforgettableStiflingOverlappingHostessesWet Dreams Author:Sheri Holman
“Some people in Hollywood think I'm nuts with this bodybuilding stuff. They'll say, 'You're getting too big. You'll hurt your career.' But they don't understandthat high that comes from a workout, the challenge, and the personal victory.” PeopleThinkingBigsStuffChallengesHurtCareersVictoryHollywoodNutsWorkoutBodybuildingPersonal Victory Author:Joe Piscopo
“I know people who say Hollywood broke her heart, and all that, but I dont believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she adored and trusted the wrong people. She was very courageous-you know the book Twelve Against the Gods? Marilyn was like that, she had to challenge the gods at every turn.” PeopleKnowsBelieveHeartBookTurnsChallengesToughHollywoodBrokeCourageousTwelveTrustedObservant Book:On Cukor Source: On Cukor
“I never make a distinction between doing a film in Hollywood or doing a film independently. It's just the story. It's always the story for me. The constants are that it should challenge me and I shouldn't repeat myself. And the story should always be a story worth telling.” ShouldStoriesFilmChallengesHollywoodRepeatsDistinction Author:Cillian Murphy
“Ever since I arrived in America to promote Stoker, I haven't had time to go and see it in a theater. The fact that I had to shoot twice as fast as I'm used to in Korea was the most challenging thing about my Hollywood experience.” FactsAmericaUsedChallengesHavensHollywoodTheaterKoreaStoker Author:Park Chan-wook
“I think being a woman in Hollywood is a big enough challenge. It really is. I don't want to be one of those people who complain. But the lack of roles out there - it's unbelievable.” PeopleThinkingWantEnoughBigsChallengesRolesHollywoodComplainingUnbelievableBeing A Woman Author:Eva Mendes
“I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.” ImportantIdeasChallengesHollywoodTurf Author:Bruno Dumont
“For me to start working, projects have to catch my attention whether they are here (in the USA) or in Mexico. All I want is to be involved in projects that are interesting to me, projects that are a challenge wherever they may happen, in Spain, in China, or in Hollywood.” WantMayHappensChallengesInterestingAttentionInvolvedProjectsHollywoodChinaUsaMexicoSpain Author:Kate del Castillo
“There is tremendous inequity in Hollywood and politics, and I would say globally it's challenging to be a woman and succeed.” ChallengesSucceedHollywood Author:Julia Louis-Dreyfus
“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
“Initially, before I came to Hollywood, I thought that the language barrier would be the biggest challenge, but I realized that actors all around the world, regardless of language, are all the same.” WorldWould BeActorsLanguageChallengesHollywoodI RealizedAround The WorldBarriersLanguage Barriers Author:Kim Jee-woon
“It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.” LittlesChallengesBeatsHollywoodOddsNew Zealand Author:Martin Henderson
“There still aren't enough[ roles for women of color]. And I'd say that's the case, not only for African-American women, but for all women in the Hollywood game. It's just slim pickings, and a very challenging time for us. I think that's why more of us need to work our way behind the camera in order to create roles that really illuminate who women are. We still have room for growth in that area, without a doubt.” ThinkingWayNeedsStillsEnoughOrderGamesGrowthChallengesRoomsBehindsRolesCasesDoubtColorAreasHollywoodCamerasAfrican AmericanSlimAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenChallenging Times Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges.” WorldWayWritingTryingBelieveDifferentStoriesCertainI BelieveChallengesCreativeSeeingLessonsSkillsApproachHollywoodSeriesDifferent ThingsNew WaysExposingWorld SeriesDifferent ApproachWorking With Others Author:George R. R. Martin
“If a young woman is looking at the landscape of Hollywood, what she sees is almost only challenges.” IfsYoungChallengesHollywoodLandscapeYoung WomenBadass Author:Lena Dunham
“All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn't understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.” PeopleThinkingStoriesFilmYoungSidesChallengesBusinessHollywoodSettingSettingsArtistic Author:Marisa Tomei