“Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors, producers etc. It's a very difficult business. There aren't a lot of Africans Americans or people of color in high positions in Hollywood that we can green-light films.” PeopleNeedsDifferentHardLightFilmActorsDifficultSupportPositionColorHollywoodGreenProducersAfrican AmericanFilmmakerRelyEtcCohesionAmerican FilmGreen Lights Author:Paula Patton
“I'm not saying that it's wrong to make huge Hollywood films but it's just a different kind of feeling, a different sort of pleasure.” KindDifferentFeelingsFilmPleasureHugeHollywoodDifferent KindsHollywood Films Author:Roger Michell
“When the Hollywood thing happened, I thought at some point I'd get to the front of the queue: 'Yes, hello, I'd like to play that role.' But you don't. You just join a different queue.” DifferentPlayRolesHappenedFrontsHollywoodThings HappenHelloQueues Author:Olivia Williams
“It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact that he's black.” DoeDifferentFactsSeemsActorsBlackVirtueHollywood Author:Will Smith
“I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.” PeopleWantDifferentLyingBehindsHollywoodTownsRelyHidingDislikeFalsehoodDishonestyFacade Author:David Arquette
“If you do something and it proves to be a success, then people go 'get him to do that type of thing again, but only slightly different'. Either you do that or you go 'No! I want to play a leprous, lesbian dwarf from Guatemala!' But those parts just aren't coming to me.” PeopleIfsWantDifferentPlayFilmTypeProveHollywoodDwarfsDwarvesGuatemala Author:Jack Davenport
“my dream is someday to have a bank of TVs, where all the different channels could be on and I could be monitoring them. I would love that. The more the better. I love the tabloid stuff. The trashier the program is, the more I feel it's TV. ... Because that's TV's mode. That's the Age of Hollywood. The idea of PBS - heavy-duty Masterpiece Theater, Bill Moyers - I hate all that.” FeelsIdeasDifferentDreamAgeHateStuffTelevisionTvsDutyProgramHollywoodI HateTheaterBillsHeavySomedayMasterpieceTabloidsMonitoringPbs Author:Camille Paglia
“I'm also influenced by all the places I've traveled since then: I've been to Hollywood and great fashion shows and seen the world. I have a different perspective, and I mix that up.” WorldDifferentShowsFashionPerspectiveHollywoodTraveledDifferent PerspectiveFashion ShowGreat Fashion Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Selling one's book to Hollywood is rather like selling someone your house. After it's sold, it isn't yours anymore. They can paint it a different color, tear it down and build something new, or do anything they want.” WantBookDifferentHouseTearsColorHollywoodDown AndPaintSellingSomething NewDifferent Colors Author:Rick Riordan
“I think it's good to have a nice, healthy group of people all doing different things. A lot of my friends don't even work in Hollywood; they just happen to live in L.A.” PeopleThinkingDifferentHappensNiceGroupsHealthyMy FriendsHollywoodDifferent Things Author:Topher Grace
“I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.” WorldWayDifferentDoneWholeActionFilmEnjoyDirectorsHollywoodInternationalScalesJapanSheerCrewOther WorldsEnviousAction Films Author:Tadanobu Asano
“I got very depressed. Hollywood can be a terrible place when youre depressed. The pits. I decided I had to change my life and do different things.” DifferentTerribleDecidedHollywoodDifferent ThingsPitsChanging My LifeVery Depressed Author:Jeff Conaway
“The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too different from the way dictators use wars and continuous threats of war as an emotional basis for maintaining their power.” PeopleThinkingWayKindDifferentWarUseEmotionalAnxietyHollywoodBasesCrisisThreatAtmosphereDictatorMaintainingHysteria Author:Hortense Powdermaker
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore
“During my career as a standup and actor, I realized it was very frustrating for me to get hired because Hollywood was hiring a different kind of brother, you know, and I was doing political humor... In order for me to really have a long career, I'm going to have to learn how to write and produce for myself... I had no idea I was really going to like it and I'm very fortunate to be successful. But the idea was to always eventually create something for myself. That was the idea from the beginning when I went into writing and producing.” KnowsWritingKindLongIdeasDifferentPoliticalOrderActorsCareersSuccessfulProduceBrotherHollywoodI RealizedNo IdeaFortunateBeing SuccessfulDifferent KindsFrustratingHiringPolitical HumorLong Careers Author:Larry Wilmore
“I didn't want to do the obvious role that you see in Hollywood most of the time, which is the heartbroken girl who's waiting to be rescued by the guy, blah, blah, blah. I wanted to do something different.” WantHeartDifferentWantedGuyGirlWaitingRolesHollywoodObviousHeartbrokenBlah Author:Gal Gadot
“The creative process is a very collaborative process. I know it might seem that way because so much ink is spilled and the media is obsessed with business and numbers and studios... but filmmakers don't think of it that way. We just go off and we tell our stories. It's the same torture that we adore, it's the same torture that our forefathers endured making movies in the golden era of Hollywood. So, from my perspective it's no different, I'm sure, from the men and women who I admire so much who made the earliest movies.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayMadeDifferentStoriesSeemsMightProcessNumbersCreativeMediaHe ManPerspectiveMen And WomenHollywoodStudiosAdmireGoldenErasObsessedFilmmakerTortureCreative ProcessAdoreInkForefathers Author:Steven Spielberg
“I was inspired by Maya Deren because she was the first woman filmmaker whose films I saw. I also loved Fellini and Goddard because they were so different from Hollywood films. But when I saw the cinema verite films that were made by Drew Associates with Leacock and Pennebaker I found my passion.” FirstsMadeDifferentFilmPassionFoundSawsHollywoodInspiredCinemaFilmmakerAssociatesMy PassionHollywood Films Author:Chris Hegedus
“I'm just really excited to promote the movie [I know The Chair ] and the show in a different way, and not just the typical Hollywood way, which I don't think I'll ever fit into.” ThinkingKnowsWayDifferentShowsFitHollywoodExcitedDifferent WaysChairsTypical Author:Shane Dawson
“Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.” PeopleDifferentHardFilmFantasyHard WorkTruth IsDirectorsHollywoodGlamour Author:John Carpenter
“You hear again and again that audiences want to see movies that are different and critics say we [directors] make the same thing again and again in Hollywood, then you go and make something different and you get kicked in the gut for it.” WantDifferentAudienceDirectorsHollywoodCriticsGutsAgain And Again Author:David Ayer
“As I say, there's something that scares the hell out of me but it really makes me work hard in losing myself. I'm not really interested in me as an actor or being a personality player, or a Hollywood star. What's given to me is to become different people and to find the truth of that. That is really what I do.” PeopleDifferentHardActorsGivenStarsHellPlayerHard WorkPersonalityLosingHollywoodScareDifferent PeoplesLosing MyselfHollywood Stars Author:David Suchet
“The great exception to that, of course, is Johnny Depp, who is absolutely the ultimate character actor. Johnny Depp is the future of the character actor and thanks to his success maybe we will see the return of an era when my sort of actor is back in vogue. It's not in vogue for me to be in Hollywood movies as lots of different people.” PeopleDifferentCharacterCoursesActorsReturnHollywoodUltimateThanksErasExceptionDifferent PeoplesVogueCharacter ActorsHollywood Movies Author:David Suchet
“I've been trying to bust into the comedy business my whole life. It's hard in Hollywood to do different things. I know this. It's a struggle.” KnowsTryingDifferentHardWholeStruggleComedyHollywoodWhole LifeDifferent Things Author:Luke Wilson
“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
“One of the things that's different about London and the English market is that theater and film and television are all based in London. It's not quite the same as in the States where if the playwright here wants a successful TV or film career, they're whisked away by Hollywood.” IfsWantDifferentStatesFilmCareersSuccessfulTelevisionTvsHollywoodTheaterLondonPlaywrightFilm And Television Author:Colin Callender
“Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood.” WayDifferentProblemFoundHollywoodDifferent WaysMainstreamReverse Author:Sylvester Stallone
“I've always been kind of picky because I've always been interested in lots of different things. I chose to take three years off and go to school, and that helped keep me sane. Hollywood can make you crazy, if all you're thinking about is your next job.” IfsThinkingYearsKindDifferentSchoolJobsThreeNextCrazyHollywoodDifferent ThingsThree YearsSanePicky Author:Jordana Brewster
“I got a brother who calls me Hollywood. Sisters kind of keep their distance. Even my mom is kind of like ahhh with me. Yeah dude, it really sucks. And I wish things were different. Unfortunately, they don't understand everything I go through on a day to day basis to be able to maintain what I'm doing.” KindDifferentAbleWishBrotherMomHollywoodBasesYeahDistanceMy MomCall MeDay To Day Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“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
“When people think about this religion, they'll say "voodoo" this and "voodoo" that in the way the Hollywood movies show it: the sticking of pins in dolls. It's very different than Vodou - which is a religion that comes to Haiti from our ancestors in Africa. I want to differentiate it from the stereotypical, sensationalized view that we see of the religion.” PeopleThinkingWayWantDifferentShowsViewsHollywoodAncestorPinsDollsHaitiDifferentiateHollywood MoviesVoodoo Author:Edwidge Danticat
“Comedy Central was a great network, but 'Chappelle's Show' took it to a completely different level. Other shows got bigger because so many viewers were watching the 'Chappelle' reruns. For BET, the 'Real Husbands of Hollywood' has that same potential.” DifferentRealShowsLevelsComedyHusbandHollywoodBiggerViewersDifferent LevelsReruns Author:Kevin Hart
“When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.” DifferentResultsHigherDemandOfficeHollywoodTreatsBoxesBox Office Author:Kevin Hart
“What's considered ideal in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world. I don't think you can aspire to it, nor can I. Everybody is retouched, stretched, lengthened, slimmed and trimmed. I could look at a picture of myself from the past and think, 'Why don't I look like that now?' It's because I never have!” ThinkingWorldLooksDifferentPastIdealsHollywoodAspirePictures Of Myself Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning. I worked with Robert Altman, John Boorman, and of course Steven Spielberg, Michael Cimino, Brian De Palma ... I couldn't pick one of them; they were all different, but they are all so talented.” DifferentCoursesDirectorsPicksHollywoodFortunateBrian Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Hollywood is really weird to talk about in this monolithic sense because it's this microcosm of anywhere. It's full of a lot of people who have different intentions and different points of view.” PeopleDifferentViewsHollywoodIntentionPoint Of ViewReally WeirdMicrocosmDifferent Points Of View Author:Karina Longworth
“I think every filmmaker in Europe would be lying if they didn't say one day they just wanted to make a movie here in Hollywood or at least try it. It's very different from European filmmaking, because here it's like a real industry. It's very much about money and making money, which I think is fine, because it's very expensive to make movies.” IfsThinkingTryingDifferentRealWould BeWantedLyingFineIndustryOne DayEuropeHollywoodMaking MoneyFilmmakerExpensiveFilmmaking Author:Baran Odar
“From a young age, [James Baldwin] was watching all those different films. He's watching John Wayne killing off the Indians. He came to the point that the Indians were him. You had to educate yourself because the movies were not educating you. The movies were giving you a reflection of you that was not the truth. That's the trick. The movie was also giving a reflection of what the country is. Basically, a country that wanted itself to be innocent. That's the ambivalence of Hollywood.” GivingDifferentCountryAgeWantedFilmYoungReflectionHollywoodKillingTricksInnocentEducateYoung AgeWayneAmbivalence Author:Raoul Peck
“I've been working in Hollywood for a long time now in many different aspects in front of the camera, behind the camera, and I've worked with top executives, presidents of networks. I've worked all around. I see energy and what's around these studios and a lot of these offices. You don't get the high positions in these companies if you don't take advantage of other people in some way. I've seen that around. I've seen that around the studios, whether it's producers or whoever. Egos are there. Greed.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentEnergyPresidentBehindsCompanyFrontsPositionEgoOfficeLong TimeAdvantageAspectHollywoodCamerasGreedStudiosProducersExecutives Author:James Van Praagh
“English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.” ThinkingKnowsStillsDifferentFilmCultureLanguageHollywoodStartingChinaDifferent PlaceHong Kong Author:Bai Ling
“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
“Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.” DifferentYouthOfficeProjectsLateHollywoodBoxesCorporateMentality80sBox OfficeDifferent Mentality Author:Marlee Matlin
“I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.” PeopleIfsKnowsMindImportantDifferentInspiringCitiesHollywoodListenersInvitedGood Listener Book:My Story Source: My Story
“When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsYearsLooksDifferentLastsBeautifulIndustryIdealsHollywoodTypical Author:Mandy Moore
“I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim.” DifferentFilmSituationEuropeHollywoodAimProducers Author:Juliette Binoche
“Hollywood large is so different than real-life large.” DifferentRealHollywoodReal Life Author:Jordin Sparks
“The first thing I think of when I hear the name of Lucille Ball is a Hollywood legend. I have fond memories of growing up at her house, but she was a different person off the set than she was on the set.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsDifferentHouseNamesMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingHollywoodBallsLegendsFond Memories Author:Keith Thibodeaux
“Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild.” IfsKnowsLittlesDifferentCharacterActorsBitsCrazyLittle BitHollywoodUnusualNuts Author:Nicolas Cage
“One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors know each other and cling to each other for safety and support, and it's really a completely different vibe than the men experience out here, where they're all trying to murder each other.” KnowsMenTryingDifferentSupportNiceDirectorsHollywoodMurderSafetyBeing A WomanNice Things Author:Diablo Cody
“I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we’re going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me. When I read the script, I didn’t feel like I was reading this larger-than-life, incredible superhero tale. These are all very human people that end up having to become I guess what is known as the Fantastic Four. So for me it was just a really good story and gives me an opportunity to play something different from my own skin. It’s a proper character and that’s my favorite stuff to do.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsHumansLooksMadeDifferentEndsPlayCharacterStoriesReadingActorsOpportunityStuffMy OwnKnownFourHollywoodSkinsGive MeIncrediblesMy FavoriteScriptsTalesFantasticHalloweenGroundedCostumesSuperheroGood StoryLarger Than LifeHalloween CostumeFantastic Four Author:Miles Teller