“Hollywood is fickle; your career can end pretty fast. If the acting jobs dry up, you have to have something to fall back on. In fact, that would be my advice to kids interested in acting - make sure you get an education too.” IfsEndsFactsWould BeKidsJobsFallActingCareersAdviceHollywoodDryFall BackFickleDry Up Author:Matthew Lawrence
“My first book, Fast Forward, was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of celebrity, and I've often felt the reason my work has an audience in the UK is because it's everything the British love to hate about the Americans.” FirstsBookReasonKidsHateCultureFeltAudienceGrowing UpGrowingShadowHollywoodBritishMaterialismAffectedCultLove Hate Author:Lauren Greenfield
“Even as a child, when kids my age would watch cartoons, I preferred watching horror flicks. I had watched some Hollywood horror flicks and even films made by the Ramsay brothers by the time I was six! I have always been biased towards that genre.” ChildrenMadeKidsAgeFilmWatchesBrotherHorrorSixHollywoodGenreCartoonBiased Author:Emraan Hashmi
“My upbringing was very un-Hollywood. I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV. It wasn't like I was an insider. I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.” MadeShowsKidsFatherSidesBornMy OwnFansNew YorkTvsGrewTypeBlessingGrew UpHollywoodShow BusinessUpbringingDownfallInitiationInsidersWatching TvSmitten Author:Stephanie Zimbalist
“I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.” WantMadeKidsAgeFilmActorsBoysGrowing UpGrowingHollywoodInspiredGoldenObsessedFavouriteDetectivesGangstersGolden AgeTracy Author:Ryan Gosling
“By the time I was 11, I wanted to be a comedian. So all those years later, I've managed to achieve my dream as a kid, and it wasn't easy. I'm on the [Hollywood] Walk of Fame and I'm one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America, according to Time Magazine. I think my duty is to go back and tell kids, 'Whatever color you are, wherever you come from, anything and everything is possible.' And I'm living proof.” ThinkingYearsDreamKidsWantedAmericaEasyWalksAchieveColorDutyFameHollywoodProofMagazinesComedianInfluentialAnything And EverythingLiving ProofTime Magazine Author:George Lopez
“I'm not ready to pack my bags and leave the town and my business that I love and my kids that I love more than anything and pack them up and come to Hollywood. I love California. I love Hollywood. But I'm not ready to uproot what I believe in to come to Hollywood.” BelieveKidsI BelieveReadyHollywoodTownsI Believe InCaliforniaBagsPacksNot Ready Author:Dwight Henry
“There were many generations of Latino people coming to this country, coming from difficult political or social situations in their own countries, and they worked very hard to have their kids go to universities. Well, those kids came out and they are now doctors and architects, or they are on the Supreme Court. That has a reflection in Hollywood. So, we are actually very proud that our characters are Latinos, and I think it's good for diversity and cultural interaction.” PeopleThinkingWellsCountryHardCharacterKidsPoliticalSocialDifficultSituationGenerationsProudDiversityReflectionDoctorsHollywoodCourtUniversitySupremeArchitectInteractionSupreme CourtLatino Author:Antonio Banderas
“I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded.” WantGivingKidsHollywoodDinnerShootingDamnGroundedDon't Give A Damn Author:Reagan Gomez-Preston
“Let's be honest, I don't think anyone ever wants to settle down in Hollywood - it's a place you go to work. And once you've hit it, you get out of there as soon as you can. It's definitely not a place you want to get married and have kids.” ThinkingWantKidsHonestMarriedHollywoodBeing HonestSettlingSettling DownPlaces You Go Author:Sophie Monk
“I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.” KnowsKidsRolesKnow HowFansHollywoodMusicalScreensBroadway Author:John Lloyd Young
“A lot of college graduates approach me about becoming screenwriters. I tell them, 'Do not become a screenwriter, become a journalist,' because journalists go into worlds that are not their own. Kids who go to Hollywood write coming-of-age stories for their first scripts, about what happened to them when they were sixteen. Then they write the summer camp script. At the age of twenty-three they haven't produced anything, and that's the end of the career.” WorldWritingFirstsEndsStoriesKidsAgeThreeCareersHappenedHavensCollegeBecomingApproachSummerHollywoodTwentiesScriptsJournalistComing Of AgeCampsGraduatesSixteenScreenwritersCollege GraduatesSummer Camp Author:Nora Ephron
“I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life. I read a lot of classic Cold War science fiction, which is much of the best science fiction, so I speak the language well, which is a commodity that's not easy to come by in Hollywood.” YearsFirstsWellsWarKidsSpeakLanguageEasyFictionFantasyGrewColdGrew UpHollywoodScience FictionClassicCold WarCommodityNerdyBest ScienceScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Jon Spaihts
“I went to Hollywood. I put the action in Hollywood. I watched a lot of movies, maybe 100 or something close to that. I have tons of DVDs now at home. I don't know what to do with them because they're not useful anymore. My kids never watched them. I read a lot of autobiographies, listened to a lot of music by classical era composers like Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman and Leonard Bernstein. I listened to only that kind of music the entire time I was writing, even at home.” KnowsWritingKindHomeKidsActionHollywoodErasComposerAutobiographyMaxDvdsNewman Author:Michel Hazanavicius
“All these kids in Hollywood, the people born and raised out here, their parents are all in show business, and that's why I think we're good. That's why we're on top of the game now because we were born in it.” PeopleThinkingShowsKidsGamesParentBornHollywoodRaisedShow BusinessBorn And Raised Author:Pauly Shore
“Sometimes, when you briefly glance in Hollywood, there's a tendency to play it in a very "Yes, she's exhausted, and yes, she's working, and yes, she's taking care of her kids full time, and yes, she's a mom, but she's also in a great mood all the time."” SometimesPlayCareKidsMomHollywoodMoodTendenciesExhaustedGlancesGreat Mood Author:Patricia Arquette
“I realized that people don't quite understand what I do when I was the new kid on the block and a lot of Hollywood was offering me fairly cheesy projects.” PeopleKidsProjectsHollywoodI RealizedBlockOfferingCheesy Author:DJ Shadow
“When I was born, they didn't work. They're broken, the nerves in my lower left lip. When I was kid, I would talk out of the side of my face. When I was 16 and came up to Hollywood from Orange County, I was in this cattle call audition for Batman and Robin at Warner Bros., and they interviewed me out front of the studio. When I got home, I was like, "Oh, this was exciting!" But then when I watched the news, I was like, "Mom, what is wrong with my mouth?!"” HomeKidsFacesLeftSidesBornFrontsBrokenMomNewsMouthsHollywoodExcitingLipsStudiosNervesAuditionsOrangeCountyCattleRobinsBrosWarner BrosOrange County Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“I grew up with a lot of Hollywood films. Cozy farm houses, cowboys, nice flats in New York. Especially as a kid, those things have a huge impression on you.” KidsFilmHouseNiceNew YorkHugeGrewGrew UpHollywoodImpressionFlatsFarmsCowboyCozyHollywood Films Author:Andrea Arnold
“Hollywood is so small that everyone has either worked with someone or knows someone who knows someone and so it was kind of easy and fun. And I think there's something exciting about being, like, "Hey! Welcome to the set!" and making everyone feel welcome, and making it fun, 'cause everybody knows what it's like to be the new kid.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsKindKidsFunCausesEasyHollywoodExcitingWelcomeHey Author:Ashley Greene
“When I first covered [presidential election ] in 2008, I was asking questions for kids around the world, but mainly for myself. I didn't know the process, I didn't know how it worked. Now, of course, I'm more schooled on it, but I deal with so much politics in my fashion work and in Hollywood, that I haven't been as connected this time.” KnowsWorldFirstsKidsCoursesProcessDealsKnow HowFashionHavensHollywoodAskingElectionConnectedAround The WorldPresidentialCoveredAsking QuestionsSchooledPresidential Election Author:Lily Collins
“I think Night Court was the first thing I did when I came out to Hollywood. It was just one of those things that... I'm from Texas, and it was a character I'd been doing when I was a kid, just for fun.” ThinkingFirstsCharacterKidsNightFunHollywoodCourtJust OneTexasJust For FunNight Court Author:Brent Spiner
“It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me as a kid. I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.” ShowsKidsCultureWinningParentWatchesHollywoodEntertainmentPopsListsAwardsOscarsPop CultureCaptivatedAward Shows Author:Billy Eichner
“A lot of kids think they can just go to Hollywood and become an actor or actress. It's not that easy. There are millions of kids who come out here wanting to act. So, you have to have a plan, and you have to stick with that plan, because it's not going to be easy by any means.” ThinkingMeanKidsActorsEasyMillionsPlansHollywoodSticksActresses Author:Michael Clarke Duncan
“I was this Swedish kid who came over here to study engineering, but I got into movies, and suddenly I'm in this 'Rocky' picture with Sylvester Stallone. And then the movie comes out, and it's a big hit, and I'm famous. Like, world famous. I wasn't thinking of ruling Hollywood; I was thinking of just trying to make it to the next day, trying to figure out what the hell happened.” ThinkingWorldTryingBigsKidsNextHellStudyHappenedFiguresHollywoodEngineeringNext DayRulingSwedishWorld Famous Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.” ChildrenKidsStarsGrowing UpGrowingHollywood Author:Liza Minnelli
“Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak... Am I scary, or what?” WorldKidsBoysPlanetsAdultsResourcesWeakHollywoodTreatsRaisedScaryTricksSupposed To BeCynicalPeersCostumesAvenuesConsumingMadisonCalvin And Hobbes FriendshipMadison AvenueTrick Or Treat Author:Bill Watterson
“He had fangs. So what? Plenty of things not a Dark-Hunter have fangs, including Hollywood actors and kids playing vampire. You should have checked his membership card before you attacked. Good grief, what if you’d run across a Masquerade group?” – Sundown” IfsShouldRunningKidsActorsDarkGriefGroupsShould HaveHollywoodIncludingCardsVampirePlentyWhat IfHuntersFangsMembershipMasqueradeDark HunterKids Playing Book:Retribution Source: Retribution
“As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way.” WayLittlesStillsKidsGrowing UpGrowingCrazyHollywoodLittle KidKids Growing Up Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I can't really remember my life without movies... [Growing up in Hollywood] is no different really. I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get better at what I want to do, just like other kids are trying to get better at what they want to do.” WayWantTryingI CanDifferentPlayKidsRememberGrowing UpGrowingLessonsHollywoodPianoGet BetterTennisPiano Lesson Author:Elle Fanning
“In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for.” MenYearsCharacterKidsFacesActorsDoorsHundredHollywoodCharacter Actors Author:Anthony Michael Hall
“It’s literally true, as Shakespeare said--all the world’s a stage. It wasn’t that way when I first got into the movies in 1924, but it is now. That’s why I find Hollywood newer and more exciting every day. Whatever you hear it’s still a place where a kid from Montana can jump on a horse, ride that-a-way, and keep right on going.” WorldWayFirstsSaidStillsKidsStageHollywoodExcitingHorseMontana Author:Gary Cooper
“Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.” KidsWatchesHollywoodObligation Author:Morgan Brittany