“A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.” PeopleWantLinesChanceCareersInvolvedHollywoodScaredReputationTake A ChanceFear No One Author:Billy Eichner
“From time to time, just about every Vanity Fair writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.” BookChanceRightsFairsHollywoodSellsVanityArticlesVanity Fair Author:Bryan Burrough
“If you're just an actor you're reactive. You're saying, "Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance at a role," whereas if you can generate your own content, then you can go where you want to go.” IfsWantGivingWellsActorsChanceRolesHollywoodGive MeGive Me A Chance Author:Matt Damon
“It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff they themselves would only view at gunpoint.” PeopleTryingCareStuffChanceViewsGunHollywoodTragedyExcited Author:Stephen Gaghan
“The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.” TryingDifferentChanceStyleTvsDirectorsHollywoodStudiosGenreDifferent StylesDifferent GenresOld Hollywood Author:Mary Harron
“I was fooling around one day and looking at Yahoo! Jobs. I typed in "photo" and, of course, what comes up is "One hour photo lab" or "Be a photographer in Disneyland" or jobs that no one really wants as a photographer. I saw, by chance, this ad that said, "Wanted: Photographer for premieres and Hollywood events" and I thought, "This can not be real. This is ridiculous. No one advertizes this!" I was really suspect about it.” WantSaidRealWantedJobsCoursesHoursChanceSawsEventsOne DayHollywoodPhotographerCome UpRidiculousSuspectsAdsBeing RealCan NotLabsDisneylandOne HourPremieresFooling Around Author:Jeff Vespa
“This is a photo as I would wish myself to look all the time. Then I would maybe have a chance to come to Hollywood.” LooksWishChanceHollywoodPhotographOctoberInscriptions Author:Anne Frank
“I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they called me to come in to try out for the show. The chances of me getting on a TV show and winning it is like one-in-a-million. I had only been doing comedy for six years at that point, so I was basically considered an open mic-er or maybe a feature act once in awhile.” TryingYearsShowsWinningChanceMillionsComedyTvsSixHollywoodWestComicFeaturesDesksTv ShowsClosetsShockedMicsOne In A MillionWest Hollywood Author:Dat Phan
“A lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.” PeopleIfsThinkingDifferentStarsChanceFocusHugePersonalityHollywoodCraftsLongevityOutlandish Author:Morris Chestnut
“I think for Wes [Anderson] and me, the most important thing was James L. Brooks producing our first movie and giving us a chance to come to Hollywood, because without him, we might never have gotten the chance.” ThinkingGivingFirstsImportantMightChanceHollywoodImportant ThingsBrooks Author:Owen Wilson
“There was a period that black film had no chance of making it in Hollywood. So, people just made the made the statements that they wanted to make. Whether it was a science fiction film or whatever, b/c they were just making movie for themselves. Then there was a period where people were creating projects as their Hollywood audition 'pieces'. I feel that today we are moving back to the era where we all have our own voices.” PeopleFeelsMadeTodayWantedFilmMovingBlackVoiceChanceFictionPiecesPeriodsProjectsCreatingHollywoodScience FictionStatementsErasAuditionsMoving Back Author:Reginald Hudlin
“Growing up in the U.S., I was certainly deeply aware of the power of American media, specifically Hollywood and television, in terms of broadcasting a particular vision of what the American experience was like. As someone coming from a war that was a preoccupation of Americans in the 1980s, it did strike me that since we were a part of that war, we should have a chance to talk about ourselves.” ShouldWarTermChanceVisionGrowing UpGrowingMediaTelevisionParticularShould HaveHollywoodStrikesPreoccupationBroadcastingAmerican Media Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood - really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that's a dream of mine.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantGivingStoriesDreamAbleCultureChanceMinesProjectsHollywoodAround The World Author:Steven Seagal
“This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might have a chance of getting in Hollywood.” MightWishChanceHollywoodPhotograph Author:Anne Frank
“It's a chain of accidents. When you step into Hollywood, you wind yourself into thousands of chains of accidents. If all of the thousands happen to come out exactly right-and the chance of that figures out to be one in eight million-then you'll be a star.” IfsHappensStarsChanceStepsMillionsFiguresWindHollywoodEightAccidentsChains Author:Clark Gable
“The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.” WantWantedJobsActorsChanceInfluenceTasteHollywoodCompromiseImpressedChances AreWaiterSlimMovie Actors Author:Gary Sinise