“This is a terrible confession to make, but after I left the Army I had a number of things to try. I had a great conceit to think that if all else failed I could always go to Hollywood. So when all else did fail I really went to Hollywood. And then I found out how wrong I was.” IfsThinkingTryingFoundLeftNumbersFailingTerribleHollywoodArmyConfessionConceit Author:David Niven
“When you work as actors in this business, you spend a lot of time apart. That's why a lot of marriages fail. It's not because of Hollywood, it's because you don't spend time together.” TogetherActorsFailingHollywoodEnd TimesSpend TimeTime TogetherTime Apart Author:Boris Kodjoe
“Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail.” FailingHollywoodDustShakesKeep GoingGet Back Author:Gabriel Campisi
“I've always said that to make movies, to make images and sound, is possible by one way or another. And it has not to be ruled by the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Pharaohs from Hollywood or wherever. I have tried very hard to make even a small budget picture here. It always fails. Over a dozen times. And now I know why. It was only because I wanted to be in control of the money. To spend it the way I wanted.” KnowsWaySaidHardWantedSoundFailingHollywoodOne WayBudgetsDozenEgyptPharaohs Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“Playing what Hollywood determines is a hero, it immediately sets actors up to feel like they just can't explore the dark parts of themselves - the character has to be likeable, has to be fuckable, has to be redemptive on all fronts. When you're playing a character that's just inherently destructive or messed up, you're given this beautiful permission to try things. There's a license to fail.” FeelsTryingCharacterBeautifulActorsGivenDarkFailingFrontsHeroHollywoodDetermineDestructivePermissionLicenseMessed UpLikeable Author:Jordan Gavaris
“'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.” MeanWinningFailingHollywoodPizzaSalmonPeakingSmoked Salmon Author:Roseanne Barr
“If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.” IfsWritingFilmPayMillionsFailingIndustrySucceedHollywoodStatisticsBucksFartFilm Industry Author:George A. Romero