“Hollywood has gone from the capital of conspicuous consumption to the cutting edge of conspicuous conservation.” GoneCuttingHollywoodEdgesConsumptionConservationCutting EdgeConspicuous Consumption Author:Arianna Huffington
“[On Hollywood:] I had gone there expecting to see parties that reflected the stock-in-trade of the movies - glamour. Instead, I found the same attitude toward parties that European peasants had for baths. It was something to be done methodically every Saturday night.” DoneNightFoundPartyAttitudeGoneHollywoodTradeExpectingSaturdayBathsGlamourPeasantsSaturday Night Book:I married the world Source: I married the world
“That kind of friendship doesn't just materialize at the end of the rainbow one morning in a soft-focus Hollywood haze. For it to last this long, and at such close quarters, some serious work had gone into it. Ask any ice-skater or ballet dancer or show jumper, anyone who lives by beautiful moving things: nothing takes as much work as effortlessness.” KindLongEndsShowsLastsBeautifulMovingAsksMorningGoneFocusSeriousHollywoodIceDancerLive ByQuartersBalletRainbowBallet DancerHazeSkaterJumpersSerious Work Author:Tana French
“The latest report is that Osama bin Laden has shaved his beard, is wearing Western clothes and has had plastic surgery. Isn't that amazing? The guy has made just two videos and he's already gone Hollywood.” MadeTwoGuyGoneClothesHollywoodWesternVideoReportsPlasticSurgeryBeardBin LadenOsama Bin LadenPlastic SurgeryAlready Gone Author:Jay Leno
“I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.” WantLongStarsWalksGoneFameHollywoodLegacyAncestorGrandchildrenGreat Grandchildren Author:Tracy Morgan
“I think Hollywood has gone in a disastrous path. It's terrible. The years of cinema that were great were the '30s, '40s, not so much the '50s...but then the foreign films took over and it was a great age of cinema as American directors were influenced by them and that fueled the '50s and '60s and '70s.” ThinkingYearsAgeFilmGonePathTerribleDirectorsHollywoodCinema Author:Woody Allen
“I had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn't ringing. There wasn't one job offer. And at that point, I thought I knew for sure that I wouldn't work in Hollywood again.” YearsShowsJobsGoneOffersToughHollywoodPhonesTough Times Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Once physical beauty is gone there must be something more to take its place . . . 'To thine ownself be true' is a rule to live by in Hollywood, especially. There's a strong undercurrent of conformity in the movie colony that one must fight all the time. I think this especially true when it comes to fashion, beauty and grooming.” ThinkingFightingStrongGoneFashionHollywoodBeing TrueLive ByConformityColonyGroomingPhysical BeautyRules To Live By Author:Glenn Ford
“Fame doesn't matter. Money doesn't matter. Those things are forever fleeting. I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.” WantLongMatterStarsWalksGoneForeverFameHollywoodLegacyAncestorGrandchildrenFleetingGreat Grandchildren Author:Tracy Morgan
“When I think about old Hollywood and the glamour of those days, women like Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn were not dressing the way some girls dress today. There was a certain mystery about them, and I feel like that's gone in our industry.” ThinkingWayFeelsTodayCertainGirlGoneGraceMysteryIndustryHollywoodDressesDressingsGlamourHepburnAudreyOld Hollywood Author:Aly Michalka
“I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts so I could see how the formatting works. I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with.” KnowsWritingBookKnow HowGoneCoupleNeededPagesHollywoodScriptsScreenplaysBookstoresUnfamiliar Author:Diablo Cody
“If I hadn't gone into acting, I would have been one of those weird runaways on Hollywood Boulevard. No, it'd be uglier. I'd probably be dead.” IfsHas BeensActingGoneHollywoodRunawayBoulevard Author:Christina Ricci
“A lavish colored evocation of Hollywood now gone, as shown through an afternoon in the milieu of the 1920's film star.” FilmStarsGoneHollywoodAfternoonMilieuFilm Stars Author:Kenneth Anger