“Don't thank your parents. If you were raised in a nurturing environment, you wouldn't be in show business. Don't say, 'Wow, this is heavy.' Of course it's heavy. It contains the shattered dreams of four other people.” PeopleIfsShowsDreamFilmCoursesParentEnvironmentFourHollywoodRaisedHeavyWowShow BusinessNurturingShatteredShattered Dreams Author:Conan O'Brien
“Why is Dave Chappelle going to Africa? Why does Mariah Carey make a hundred-million dollar deal and take her clothes off on TRL? A weak person can not get here and talk to you. Ain't no weak people talking to you. So what is happening in Hollywood? Nobody knows! The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. I don't understand this person, so they're crazy. That's bullshit. These people are not crazy, they're strong people. Maybe the environment is a little sick.” PeopleKnowsLittlesPersonsDoeStrongDealsTalkingMillionsEnvironmentCrazyWorstClothesHappeningsHundredWeakHollywoodSickDollarsBullshitWorst ThingsCan NotMillion DollarsNobody KnowsDavePeople TalkingStrong PeopleWeak People Author:Dave Chappelle
“In Hollywood, maybe only ten percent will make it and the other ninety percent try. This elusive dream of making it and being on top is the same story as the moth being drawn to the flame. The flame and it's attractiveness is something you'll never eliminate. Some will learn how to live in that environment and others will burn in it.” TryingStoriesDreamEnvironmentTenPercentHollywoodFlamesNinetyElusiveMothsAttractiveness Author:Conrad Hall
“I was born in the same town as Richard Burton, the actor, and I saw him, he used to come - he and his wife drove by in the car in my father's shop and Burton would come home from Hollywood and ask him for his autograph, and I thought, I want to be like him. And that's all I said to myself, I want to be like that. I want to get out of this environment of my own empty mind.” WantMindSaidHomeUsedActorsAsksFatherBornMy OwnEnvironmentSawsWifeCarEmptyHollywoodTownsShopsComing HomeAutographsEmpty Mind Author:Anthony Hopkins
“You can't find an uglier urban environment than the centre of Hollywood, but then you go to Griffith Park, you go to the beach, you go to the mountains, and it's rural. I live up in the Hollywood Hills and I have frogs, owls, coyotes, mountain lions - but I'm ten minutes from the centre of the city.” CitiesEnvironmentMinutesTenMountainHollywoodHillsBeachParksLionsUrbanCentreFrogsOwlCoyotesUrban EnvironmentHollywood Hills Author:Moby
“Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.” AmericaSocialAudienceIssuesEnvironmentEconomicMessagesHollywoodInstanceAppealsProgressiveHollywood MoviesEconomic Issues Author:Adam McKay
“No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.” WantStarsDifficultBlackCareersBreakEnvironmentHollywoodSellsPopulationLengthProfitableMantrasBreak Through Author:Russell Simmons
“When you come from an environment that's military, and they don't stress that topic of aesthetics or beauty pageants and makeup, there are a lot of things you just don't have that city girls have. Or the country girl who goes to movies and dreams of going to Hollywood as an actress.” CountryDreamGirlCitiesEnvironmentMilitaryHollywoodStressActressesMakeupTopicsAestheticsPageantDon't StressBeauty PageantCountry GirlCity Girl Author:Pam Grier