“Centuries from now our great-great-great-grandchildren will look back at us with amazement at how we could allow such a precious achievement of human culture as the telling of a story to be shattered into smithereens by commercials, the same amazement we feel today when we look at our ancestors for whom slavery, capital punishment, burning of witches, and the inquisition were acceptable everyday events.” FeelsHumansLooksStoriesTodayFilmCultureCenturyEventsAchievementHollywoodSlaveryEverydayPunishmentBurningWitchAncestorAcceptableGrandchildrenShatteredAmazementCapital PunishmentInquisitionGreat Grandchildren Author:Werner Herzog
“The Deer Hunter is securely on my list of American movie events, by which I mean those films that aspired to the whole equation, to be show business and art at the same time.” MeanArtWholeShowsFilmEventsHollywoodListsHuntersEquationsShow BusinessDeerAmerican MovieDeer Hunter Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“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
“I certainly immerse myself in as many crazy Hollywood events as I can because you never know where you can pick up material.” KnowsI CanCrazyEventsMaterialsPicksHollywood Author:Kathy Griffin
“If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.” IfsChildrenBookUseBigsReadingHouseParentDifferencesWhiteStepsEventsHollywoodEnglandNflPoundsNbaWhite HouseBookstoresChildren Reading Author:James Patterson