“Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.” FilmInfluenceDirectHollywoodMadly In LoveGood Influences Book:Conversations with Ray Bradbury Source: Conversations with Ray Bradbury
“It is no accident that Hitler, Lenin, Pol Pot and other butchers of note took special pains early in their despotic careers to suppress religion and undermine the traditional family. Theophobes would find such a characterization truly horrifying, but it's true. This explains why theophobia - while popular in faculty lounges, journalism seminars and Hollywood bacchanals - has not and probably never will attract a public following of any appreciable influence or size.” PainCareersInfluenceSpecialHollywoodNotesSizeFollowingAccidentsTraditionalJournalismFacultyPotButchersCharacterizationSeminarsTraditional Family Author:Tony Snow
“So much of the world is being brought up on these stories that Hollywood is coming up with and exporting all over. They have so much power and influence, so it's really important that they represent women properly.” WorldImportantStoriesInfluenceHollywoodExporting Author:Brit Marling
“I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for films. I never studied. There are film and music school that teach you how to write music. I never studied that. But the influence of opera, which is a combination of storyline, visuals, staging, plus music... that was perhaps the best school I could have had. That's what gave me the idea of coming to Hollywood to write music for films.” ThinkingWritingIdeasReasonSchoolFilmYoungTeachFiveInfluenceHollywoodCombinationVisualsPlusOperaStorylineStagingBest SchoolFilm And Music Author:Lalo Schifrin
“On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.” PeopleThinkingCountryStatesUnitedViewsUnited StatesInfluenceHollywoodMajorityEntertainmentScalesMagazinesTonight Author:Kid Rock
“The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.” WantWantedJobsActorsChanceInfluenceTasteHollywoodCompromiseImpressedChances AreWaiterSlimMovie Actors Author:Gary Sinise