“If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes of new directors for whom your great performances are always fading into the past.” IfsEyePastStarsDirectorsHollywoodPerformancesFadingGreat Performance Author:Lee Grant
“[The Player is] not a truthful indictment of Hollywood. It's much uglier than I portrayed it, but nobody would've been interested if I'd shown just how sadistic, cruel and self-orientated it is.” IfsSelfPlayerHollywoodTruthfulSadisticIndictment Author:Robert Altman
“There's nothing better than being in an asylum, if you're going to have a bunch of crazy people in an asylum, and they're all beautiful Hollywood actresses.” PeopleIfsBeautifulCrazyHollywoodActressesBunchAsylumsCrazy People Author:John Carpenter
“If I was American, I think I'd live in New York, because I like that East Coast mentality. There's nothing wrong with Hollywood. If you want to be a big time filmmaker, you should go to Hollywood.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBigsNew YorkHollywoodEastFilmmakerMentalityCoastEast Coast Author:Danny Boyle
“Every job in Hollywood is a risk. You don't know, when you sign a contract, if something is going to pop, you don't know whether this or that network is going to support your show. You just show up and do the best work you can do, gravitate towards the best material, you know, and try to make the right choices. And the rest of it is a roll of the dice.” IfsKnowsTryingShowsJobsChoicesCan DoSupportRiskMaterialsHollywoodPopsContractsDo The BestBest WorkDiceRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“Шn Hollywood actresses say they can't go above a size 6. I think everybody is operating in this huge bubble of fear. I don't think the world will come crashing down on you if you're a size 8.” IfsThinkingWorldHugeHollywoodSizeActressesBubblesCrashing Down Author:Anne Hathaway
“It's hard to not get typed in Hollywood. They really want to type you. I'm trying to avoid that, because I want to do a lot of things. I know what I'm capable of. I forgive them because they don't know. They haven't seen me play Hamlet. They're not going to cast me as an English aristocrat. I'm going to have to prove that on my own. That's okay. That's what you have to fight for if you want to be an artist.” IfsKnowsWantTryingHardPlayArtistFightingMy OwnHavensTypeProveCapableOkayHollywoodForgivingCasts Author:Sam Rockwell
“I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood.” IfsGrowsActingGrowing UpHollywood Author:Rashida Jones
“Doing a film with your friend is probably the best way to end that friendship but we worked together really well. We just have that thing. Chemistry is something that... I just think it is the last thing in Hollywood, the last magical thing they haven't computerised. There's nothing you can do about it - it's either there or it's not and it doesn't matter if you're friends or not. It was just a bonus that we were.” IfsThinkingWayWellsEndsMatterTogetherLastsFilmCan DoHavensHollywoodBest WayChemistryBonus Author:Ryan Reynolds
“There are very few distributors left to do off-Hollywood movies, and those distributors generally have got thousands of movies to choose from. So you're pretty lucky if you get one to even take your movie and it's pretty rare that they pay anything upfront.” IfsLeftPayLuckyHollywoodHollywood MoviesDistributorsYou Re Pretty Author:John Sayles
“Whatever happens in Washington, Wall Street, Hollywood or Silicon Vally in the next ten years, it will be irrelevant if our families don't come together at a much higher level. Without a renaissance of family, no new candidate can rise to save us. No new legislation, policy or program will heal our land.” IfsYearsHappensTogetherNextLevelsStreetsLandPolicyWallHigherTenProgramHollywoodHealOur FamilyCandidatesLegislationIrrelevantRenaissanceWhatever HappensHigher LevelSilicon Author:Oliver DeMille
“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
“When the script for 'The Wrestler' kept coming to me I said, This movie is so good if you put me in the film as a wrestler people are going to say, 'No credibility, Hulk Hogan isn't a good actor,' whatever Hollywood thinks of me.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidFilmActorsHollywoodScriptsCredibilityThink Of MeGood ActorsWrestler Author:Hulk Hogan
“The British are the last national group who can be insulted by Hollywood without any comeback. These days if you depict Italians as gangsters, Saudis as terrorists or Mexicans as violent drug dealers you'll never hear the end of it. But as still the largest - and possibly the richest - ethnic group in the States, the British just have to take it.” IfsStillsEndsStatesLastsGroupsDrugHollywoodBritishTerroristViolentThese DaysComebackDealerGangstersSaudisInsultedDrug DealersEthnic Groups Author:Simon Hoggart
“Hollywood is a place where if you abide by the rules and laws, you can get depressed. That's why faith and spirituality is a higher law.” IfsLawSpiritualityHigherHollywoodHigher Law Author:Derek Luke
“I have an agent in Hollywood and he's looking for material. If I get the offer and I feel I relate to that material, I will do it. I would love to do a horror film, a thriller, a tearjerker... I like diversity. I would just like to sustain my sense of humour!” IfsFeelsFilmHumourMaterialsHorrorOffersDiversityHollywoodAgentsRelateThrillersHorror Film Author:Carlos Cuaron
“Gear is money, and if there’s one thing we know about Hollywood, it’s that money talks.” IfsKnowsOne ThingHollywoodGearsMoney Talks Author:Elle Schneider
“I can tell you as a fact that if you'd asked anyone in Hollywood one year before 'Pirates of the Caribbean' had come out, they'd have told you the pirate movie was a dead genre. And it's not that it's a dead genre. If you make a bad pirate movie, no one will want to see it. If you make a good one, everyone will want to see it.” IfsWantYearsI CanFactsHollywoodGenrePirateCaribbean Author:Dean Devlin
“I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags.” IfsWellsMightTogetherTalkingTakenHollywoodBagsPackingPicture TakenJinx Author:Gina Gershon
“I don't feel so strongly against remakes, but if I don't like it, I guess I just don't do it. It is what it is. Hollywood is driven by the financial system, so if they think that it has a brand and people are going to go see it because it's a recognizable property, they're going to remake it.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsHollywoodPropertyFinancialDrivenBrandsRemakesIt Is What It IsFinancial System Author:James Wan
“One of the things that's different about London and the English market is that theater and film and television are all based in London. It's not quite the same as in the States where if the playwright here wants a successful TV or film career, they're whisked away by Hollywood.” IfsWantDifferentStatesFilmCareersSuccessfulTelevisionTvsHollywoodTheaterLondonPlaywrightFilm And Television Author:Colin Callender
“Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.” IfsFilmSucceedHollywoodEuthanasia Author:Dustin Hoffman
“If Hollywood and Bollywood were how we all lived our lives, that would surprise me. And yet it's often the way our cultures are conveyed, isn't it?” PeopleIfsThinkingWayBeautifulCultureFightingWatchesOur LivesTvsClothesHollywoodIndiaSurpriseDramaticOur TimeAsiaHappy EndingsSurprise MeBollywoodDramatic Life Author:Hillary Clinton
“Hollywood has glorified adult premarital sex, and that is unhelpful if your goal is to reduce teen pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births.” IfsSexGoalBirthAdultsHollywoodPregnancyWedlockTeen Pregnancy Author:Joe Lieberman
“I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.” PeopleIfsThinkingSeemsActorsOne ThingHollywoodGreat Work Author:Ben Affleck
“I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and I've been able to stay a float. I think the next logical step in my career would be to start my own filmmaking empire like (Harvey Weinstein) and (Bob Weinstein) did so many years ago. I think if only the unions weren't so strict in Boston, I'd set up shop there and make films of a certain quality you don't see represented these days. I'm full of ideas and dreams.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasDreamWould BeAbleFilmMovingCertainNextLostMy OwnQualityStepsCareersYears AgoHollywoodTownsUnionsThese DaysShopsEmpiresLogicalBobFilmmakingStrictUnpredictableBostonFloatsJadedHarveyNext MoveIdeas And Dreams Author:Ben Affleck
“I think that if Hollywood has a problem, it constantly underestimates the intelligence and integrity of fans. You can be passionate about a show, but I don't think that people are obsessed to the point where it's so manic that they lose themselves and they lose a sense of their center of morality.” PeopleIfsThinkingShowsProblemLosesFansMoralityIntegrityHollywoodPassionateObsessedUnderestimateManic Author:Matthew Davis
“I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantCharacterStoriesBigsCertainApproachTrainingHollywoodIndependentImportant ThingsPreparedDetailsBudgetsBe PreparedMisconceptionHollywood Movies Author:Olga Kurylenko
“I've always been kind of picky because I've always been interested in lots of different things. I chose to take three years off and go to school, and that helped keep me sane. Hollywood can make you crazy, if all you're thinking about is your next job.” IfsThinkingYearsKindDifferentSchoolJobsThreeNextCrazyHollywoodDifferent ThingsThree YearsSanePicky Author:Jordana Brewster
“The irony is I did an intimate film in France with no stars and that got me to Hollywood. It got me to the Oscars. If I had tried to imitate the Americans or the Hollywood movies with a commercial recipe, I'd never have gotten to Hollywood. Although, it was not my goal in any way, and I never thought there was any connection between Monsieur Lazhar and the Oscars.” IfsWayFilmStarsGoalConnectionsHollywoodFranceIronyIntimateOscarsRecipesHollywood Movies Author:Philippe Falardeau
“If you look at Hollywood today, compared to five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago or 30 years ago, the change from moment to moment has always been extraordinary. It never stops moving.” IfsYearsLooksMomentsTodayMovingFiveYears AgoHollywoodExtraordinaryFive Years Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“Hollywood is just a bunch of people going around in Learjets to other people asking them if they've got any money? Well, they might have if they didn't spend it all on jets.” PeopleIfsWellsMightHollywoodAskingBunchJet Author:John Cusack
“I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time, then you're considered a failure. But it's like, 'Well, are you making movies to be successful? Or are you making movies to learn something?'” IfsNeedsWellsMeanHomeRunningWishSuccessfulUniqueHollywoodBeing SuccessfulHome RunHitting Home RunsUnique Things Author:Kristen Stewart
“They're not trying to prevent Hollywood from making movies. They're asking that the most powerful image-building machinery in the world stop grinding out killer dykes and twisted homo sex fiends as if sexual orientation had anything to do with criminal behavior.” IfsWorldTryingSexPowerfulBuildingBehaviorHollywoodAskingCriminalsMost PowerfulKillersMachineryTwistedOrientationDykesCriminal Behavior Author:Roger Ebert
“Hollywood expects you to experiment but on a film that makes money and if you don't make money, you're to blame. Your job is to make money.” IfsJobsFilmHollywoodBlameExperimentsMaking Money Author:Orson Welles
“If someone was making a movie about F1 in the last six months, they wouldn't need to add a Hollywood ending. If they do make that movie, it's got to be 'The Curious Case Of ,' where I've lived my life backwards. I'd like Johnny Depp to play me but he wouldn't be quite right.” IfsNeedsPlayLastsCasesMonthsSixHollywoodAddCuriousBackwardsSix Months Author:Jenson Button
“You know, let's put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn't be a person left in town.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayPersonsLeftHollywoodTownsVacationPlasticSurgeryPlastic Surgery Author:Michael Jackson
“Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies.” PeopleIfsShowsTermResponsibilityMoralCreativeHollywoodArguingSmokingCensorshipThreateningCreative PeopleMoral Responsibility Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Eventually, if your career goes higher and higher, that's just how it is, but it's a little frightening. When I was younger and I thought about being an actor, I thought of the old Hollywood style of glamour, and that was so beautiful and appealing to me. Now, if you want to be an actor, it's not the same.” IfsWantLittlesBeautifulActorsCareersStyleHigherHollywoodFrighteningGlamourOld Hollywood Author:Tinsel Korey
“I've witnessed racism all my life. And of course there's racism and discrimination in Hollywood. You go for a part and they say, 'Oh, we really liked her, she's amazing, but we wanted to go with something more traditional'. As if I'm not a traditional American!” IfsWantedCoursesRacismHollywoodDiscriminationTraditional Author:Zoe Saldana
“Am I the only person who hopes that David Beckham has sex with Brad Pitt? I don't know who's in charge of casting in Hollywood, but make it happen before one of them is out of their prime. Can you imagine those two men together making love? If there's a man in here that's junk doesn't wiggle just a little bit at the thought of those two men together - this has nothing to do with your homophobic sexual preference. At that level it's art, you monkey. You should be honored that you share the same restroom with those Greek gods.” IfsKnowsMenShouldLittlesPersonsArtTwoHappensTogetherSexBitsLevelsImagineShareLittle BitHollywoodGreekPrimeMaking LoveMonkeysHonoredPreferenceCastingJunkMake It HappenBradHomophobicBeckhamRestroomGreek God Author:Daniel Tosh
“Don't be intimidated by Caesar's Hollywood fake versions of religiosity. If life has a meaning for you beyond the TV-studio game, you are religious! Spell it out!” IfsGamesReligiousTvsHollywoodStudiosVersionsFakeSpellsIntimidated Book:High Priest Source: High Priest
“I live in the Hollywood Hills. When I see a cop driving around there, I actually assume that he has my best interests at heart and that he has the best interests of my property at heart. I think if you'd go to Pasadena, they'd say the same thing. And I think if you knocked on doors in Glendale and asked them, they'd say the same thing.” IfsThinkingHeartInterestDoorsHollywoodAssumingPropertyDrivingHillsCopBest Interests At HeartPasadenaHollywood Hills Author:Quentin Tarantino
“A lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.” PeopleIfsThinkingDifferentStarsChanceFocusHugePersonalityHollywoodCraftsLongevityOutlandish Author:Morris Chestnut
“When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone knew the rules, and everyone knew their place. Everyone knew what to say. They had the written rules in Hollywood film, and the unwritten rules.” IfsFilmBlackWrittenHollywoodUnwrittenHollywood FilmsUnwritten Rules Author:Paul Mooney
“I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.” IfsThinkingLongWould BeSchoolDramaHollywoodInstantHolidaySuperstar Author:Richard Armitage
“There are definitely roles within this industry that are industry-related, but to be a good actor, you really have to want to act first. At the same time, my goal was never to go to Hollywood to make movies. I think if you come here with that attitude, then you've missed a few steps.” IfsThinkingWantFirstsActorsGoalAttitudeStepsRolesIndustryHollywoodRelatedGood Actors Author:Anthony Edwards
“Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart. I've had these blokes in Hollywood hug me trying to make out I'm their friend and as soon as I turn their back they take out a big bunch of knives and stab me in the back. I feel sorry for these people because they are so shallow.” PeopleIfsGivingFeelsTryingHeartBigsTurnsHollywoodSorryBunchKnivesHugShallowMake OutBlokesHug Me Author:Steve Irwin
“Poor Hollywood! These things happen all over the world but what a great backdrop to have Hollywood in our movie. No, but I know people who divorce a lot....and have really nice houses. But I didn't model the character on anyone in particular. And if I did, I would never tell the name.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldCharacterHappensHouseNamesPoorNiceParticularModelsHollywoodDivorceThings HappenReally NiceBackdropNice House Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones