“There seems to be a notion in Hollywood that if you want to make money, you have to sacrifice doing good work with integrity. And I think that's bullshit. I think that's an excuse, and it's what people say who are scared that they can't do good work.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantSeemsSacrificeIntegrityHollywoodNotionScaredExcuseMaking MoneyGood WorkBullshitDoing Good Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I'm sure there are people in Hollywood, whose main drive in film is to make money, who will feel that any use of the word hijacking or any reference to anything violent or remotely associated with the terrible tragedy that occurred will lose customers for them. And that will be the only criterion that will matter and so they'll force the minions that work for them to remove these things from their movies, or not make movies about that subject.” PeopleFeelsMatterUseFilmForceLosesSubjectsTerribleHollywoodTragedyCustomersViolentMaking MoneyRemoveCriteriaMinionsHijackingTerrible Tragedy Author:Woody Allen
“Sure, you make money writing on the coast ... but that money is like so much compressed snow. It goes so fast it melts in your hand.” WritingHandsHollywoodSnowMaking MoneyCoast Book:The Sayings of Dorothy Parker Source: The Sayings of Dorothy Parker
“I just want choices. Its not about making money and having a lot of friends in Hollywood; thats the last thing I want.” WantLastsChoicesHollywoodMaking MoneyLots Of Friends Author:Bojana Novakovic
“Being accused of making money by selling sex in Hollywood, home of the casting couch and the gratuitous nude scene, is so rich with irony that it's a better subject for a comic novel than a column.... On one coast the cops are busting sex workers on Eighth Avenue, dragging them downtown to night court where they pay the fine and go right back to their corner; on another they're charging Heidi Fleiss with pandering in a town in which the verb is an art form.” ArtHomeFormNightSexPayNovelRichSubjectsFineSceneHollywoodTownsCourtWorkersCornersSellingComicMaking MoneyIronyHypocrisyCopCoastCastingAccusedAvenuesCouchesColumnsVerbsDowntownChargingBustingBeing AccusedHeidiNight Court Author:Anna Quindlen
“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
“There isn't any question that Hollywood is profit driven. Anybody that thinks it isn't is a fool. It's a business. Hollywood was never philanthropy. The only purpose it had was making money; the only purpose it still has is to make money.” ThinkingStillsPurposeFoolHollywoodProfitDrivenMaking MoneyPhilanthropy Author:Sydney Pollack
“In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.” HollywoodFinalsProfitMaking MoneyFilters Author:Adam McKay
“I think every filmmaker in Europe would be lying if they didn't say one day they just wanted to make a movie here in Hollywood or at least try it. It's very different from European filmmaking, because here it's like a real industry. It's very much about money and making money, which I think is fine, because it's very expensive to make movies.” IfsThinkingTryingDifferentRealWould BeWantedLyingFineIndustryOne DayEuropeHollywoodMaking MoneyFilmmakerExpensiveFilmmaking Author:Baran Odar
“Times change; Hollywood is not the same as it was when I first entered the business. It felt to me like it was starting to narrow down and centralize itself around what would... make money.” FirstsFeltHollywoodDown AndStartingMaking Money Author:Robert Redford
“Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow” PeopleKnowsWantLawStarsTakenStudentsTomorrowHollywoodMaking MoneyRemakesShowcaseLaw Students Author:Tobe Hooper
“Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art. To tell stories. Yes to make money as well, but it was about both. Now I feel, it's mostly about bottom line and making money.” PeopleFeelsWellsArtReasonStoriesRunningWantedUsedArtistLinesHollywoodBottomUsed To BeMaking MoneyBottom Line Author:Matthew Lillard