“The reinvention of American culture as purely the self catapulted Las Vegas to prominence. The city took sin and made it choice -- a sometimes ambiguous choice, but choice nonetheless. Combined with a visionary approach to experience that melded Hollywood and Americans' taste for comfort and self-deception, Las Vegas grew into the last American frontier city, as foreign at times as Prague but as quintessential as Peoria. In Las Vegas, you can choose your fantasy; in the rest of America, you don't always get to pick.” MadeSelfSometimesLastsAmericaChoicesCultureSinCitiesFantasyGrewComfortTasteApproachPicksHollywoodMade ItDeceptionFrontiersAmerican CultureVegasLas VegasVisionariesSelf DeceptionAmbiguousReinventionQuintessentialProminencePraguePeoria Author:Hal Rothman
“The saddest and strangest part of Hollywood to me is the fact that millions of dollars are spent on developing works that never get made. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't understand it.” MadeFactsMillionsHollywoodDollarsMade ItDevelopingSaddest Author:Jennifer Westfeldt
“I just wanted to do hair in the movies and in Hollywood, and made it work.” MadeWantedHairHollywoodMade It Author:Howard Berger
“What Hollywood has done through the years is glamorized it even more, made it sexy, made it sensuous, and dwelled on those pleasure aspects, completing ignoring the fact that Hollywood as an industry, was pointing the gun at young people - pointing a gun at them when they were 12 to 14 years.” PeopleYearsMadeDoneFactsYoungPleasureIndustryGunAspectHollywoodSexyMade ItPointingThrough The YearsSensuousCompleting Author:Joe Eszterhas
“When I hit Hollywood, it was full-blown. I was a party boy. It amazes me that I made it ... to be able to have led this amazing career when I was out every night. Every once in a while I'll see old reruns of myself and I see I'm giving it my comedy best, but with dead eyes - no sparkle. I was in the middle of all that abuse. But now I'm a recovering alcoholic with many years of sobriety.” GivingYearsMadeEyeAbleNightPartyBoysCareersComedyMiddleHollywoodAbuseMade ItEvery NightAlcoholicsSobrietySparkleRecoveringRerunsRecovering Alcoholics Author:Leslie Jordan
“It felt [at the Allied set] like, "At last, I'm in Hollywood," even though I was in West London. It was like, "This is how a film should be made." It was beautiful.” ShouldMadeLastsBeautifulFilmFeltHollywoodWestLondonMade It Author:Steven Knight
“I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up!” BelieveMadeHollywoodMade ItEms Author:Patsy Kelly