“Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of todays American families.” PeopleTodayValuesHalfDirectHollywoodThemeContrastAmerican Family Author:Allen Covert
“Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.” FilmInfluenceDirectHollywoodMadly In LoveGood Influences Book:Conversations with Ray Bradbury Source: Conversations with Ray Bradbury
“There's going to be no more digital enhancements or digital additions to anything based on any film I direct. I'm not going to do any corrections digitally to even wires that show... If 1941 comes on Blu-ray I'm not going to go back and take the wires out because the Blu-ray will bring the wires out that are guiding the airplane down Hollywood Blvd. At this point right now I think letting movies exist in the era, with all the flaws and all of the flourishes, is a wonderful way to mark time and mark history.” IfsThinkingWayShowsFilmWonderfulRight NowDirectHollywoodMarkErasDigitalFlawsRaysAirplaneWireCorrectionsEnhancement Author:Steven Spielberg
“For a woman to direct a movie in Hollywood, she has to go through so many layers of rejection by the powers that be - I suppose including myself - that it is harder to get to that point. So you can't just create something. And I think there is a whole unconscious mountain.” ThinkingWholeMountainDirectHollywoodHarderIncludingRejectionUnconsciousLayers Author:Amy Pascal
“In 1996 or 1997, out of nowhere, Fox News comes on and it's on channel 360 on Direct TV, and out of 300 million Americans, on every single night, anywhere from 3 to 5 million watch it, we're talking about at no more than 2 percent of the American public is watching Fox at any given moment. Yet, ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, the institutional left, CNN, MSNBC, the record companies, Hollywood, all seem to be committed towards aligning their minds and their money and their other resources to try to shut up Fox News.” TryingMindMomentsSeemsNightLeftGivenCompanyTalkingWatchesMillionsRecordsNew YorkTvsNewsPercentResourcesDirectHollywoodCommittedShut UpFoxesNew York TimesRecord CompaniesCnnFox NewsNbc Author:Andrew Breitbart
“We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.” KnowsWantMayActorsFatherSonOne DayDirectHollywoodMalesFatsChineseMy SonAsianHollywood MoviesGongs Author:Nicolas Cage
“If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.” IfsWayChangeBreakProduceDirectHollywoodTreatsOlder Women Author:Naomi Watts