“I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.” DoneShowsFilmMy OwnHollywoodStartingScriptsWork OutAustraliaReally GreatGreat OnesHollywood Films Author:Jason Gann
“I personally have never made a movie in Hollywood, because I don't want to get up in my own bed and then go to the movie set, and then come home at night to my real life.” WantMadeRealHomeNightMy OwnBedHollywoodReal LifeGet UpComing HomeMovie Sets Author:Sydney Pollack
“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
“In looking at Hollywood and its structure, the director controls the medium, and I want to be in control of certain things. I want to be able to get my own ideas and my own feelings out there, and the only way to do that is to be behind the camera.” WayWantIdeasFeelingsAbleCertainMy OwnBehindsDirectorsHollywoodCamerasStructureMediums Author:Jamie Foxx
“When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from Australia and I do comedy." I think that one of the reasons they signed me is because I wasn't like any other girl. Maybe girls don't get encouraged. The ones who get encouraged to move to Hollywood are the prettiest ones in their hometown of Iowa, or something. Whereas for me, where I come from in the western suburbs of Sydney, no one ever thought professional actors would come from there. Even my own family was like, "No one would want you on a show."” ThinkingWantFirstsReasonShowsAmericaMovingGirlActorsMy OwnComedyHollywoodYeahMeetingsWesternAustraliaEndeavorSuburbsHometownSydneyIowaOther GirlPrettiestMorris Author:Rebel Wilson
“Hollywood. It lacks originality. Remake sucks.' But I had to look deeper into it from my own perspective. We are not trying to compete with the original at all and that's what allowed me to pull the trigger without any hesitancy.” TryingLooksMy OwnPerspectiveHollywoodOriginalsDeeperOriginalityTriggersRemakes Author:Colin Farrell
“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 was born in the same town as Richard Burton, the actor, and I saw him, he used to come - he and his wife drove by in the car in my father's shop and Burton would come home from Hollywood and ask him for his autograph, and I thought, I want to be like him. And that's all I said to myself, I want to be like that. I want to get out of this environment of my own empty mind.” WantMindSaidHomeUsedActorsAsksFatherBornMy OwnEnvironmentSawsWifeCarEmptyHollywoodTownsShopsComing HomeAutographsEmpty Mind Author:Anthony Hopkins
“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
“My life is a series of Hollywood orgies and Kabbalah center brunches with the cast of Friends. At least that's what my handlers tell me. I'm actually too valuable to live my own life and spend most of my days in a vegetable crisper to remain fake news anchor fresh.” Life IsMy OwnNewsHollywoodSeriesCastsValuableFakeVegetablesAnchorsMy Own LifeKabbalahBrunchNews Anchors Author:Jon Stewart
“I just try to, in my own way, contribute to making a better Hollywood, to move Hollywood to be a leader in social justice, as it always has been, and not to have any holes in their own backyard while they continue to push for equality and all the things that they always stand up for.” WayTryingHas BeensMovingSocialJusticeMy OwnLeaderHollywoodSocial JusticeHolesBackyards Author:Russell Simmons
“I've always been sort of entrepreneurial. ... I felt that I needed to learn how to write and produce so I could write my own thing and not worry about Hollywood finding me.” WritingFeltMy OwnWorryProduceNeededFindingsHollywoodEntrepreneurial Author:Larry Wilmore
“Back in the Bruce Lee era, and in my era, Kung-Fu stirred up a kind of frenzy, and many people were learning martial arts from us. But about a decade ago, Hollywood began bringing in a number of our action choreographers, including two from my own stunt crew, where they became martial arts directors. Now, a decade later, Hollywood has learned it all, so when you look at the action films they're making now, they all use our action, our martial arts, and then add to that their own technology which is ten times better than ours, and it has to leave us dumbfounded: how did they film that?” PeopleLooksKindArtTwoUseActionFilmMy OwnNumbersTechnologyDirectorsTenHollywoodAddIncludingDecadesErasMartial ArtsCrewOur ActionsFrenzyChoreographersKung FuAction FilmsArt Director Author:Jackie Chan
“I don't follow trends. I'm just not into what everyone else is wearing. I have my own look, which I call 'Lolita Meets Old Hollywood Glam.'” LooksMy OwnHollywoodTrendsGlamOld Hollywood Author:Katy Perry
“In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.” MotherMy OwnClothesHollywoodDistress Book:Self-portrait Source: Self-portrait
“I'm an actress, I live in L.A., I work in Hollywood. But I've learned that if you're too skinny, they'll say something about it. If you're not skinny enough, they'll say something about it. I just try to feel good in my own skin as much as I can.” IfsFeelsTryingI CanEnoughMy OwnBeautyHollywoodSkinsActressesFeel GoodI've LearnedSkinny Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“I have an amazing mother who's a real tough cookie. She taught me not to get emotional about [sexism in Hollywood], just be really practical and objective. Later, in the privacy of my own home, maybe I'll bawl or break some dishes, but you just have to keep going. It's not about fighting, it's about educating.” RealHomeMotherFightingMy OwnBreakEmotionalTaughtMomToughHollywoodMotherhoodPracticalsObjectivesPrivacyKeep GoingSexismBeing RealDishesCookies Author:Zoe Saldana
“I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my own experience, to be homophobic. ... But I do think the straight folks will continue to play the straight roles.” ThinkingPlayCharacterActorsMy OwnRolesGayHollywoodFolksLgbtTurned DownCharacter ActorsHomophobic Author:Jane Lynch
“Really I'm just an actor. The only difference between me and those cats in Hollywood is that I write my own script.” WritingActorsDifferencesMy OwnCatHollywoodScripts Author:Jimi Hendrix
“On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material.” MadeBigsAbleLastsMy OwnMaterialsCoupleHollywoodBudgetsHollywood Movies Author:Rick Moranis
“I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we’re going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me. When I read the script, I didn’t feel like I was reading this larger-than-life, incredible superhero tale. These are all very human people that end up having to become I guess what is known as the Fantastic Four. So for me it was just a really good story and gives me an opportunity to play something different from my own skin. It’s a proper character and that’s my favorite stuff to do.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsHumansLooksMadeDifferentEndsPlayCharacterStoriesReadingActorsOpportunityStuffMy OwnKnownFourHollywoodSkinsGive MeIncrediblesMy FavoriteScriptsTalesFantasticHalloweenGroundedCostumesSuperheroGood StoryLarger Than LifeHalloween CostumeFantastic Four Author:Miles Teller
“I have my own style that happens to be different from everyone else in Hollywood. My inspiration is me.” DifferentInspirationHappensMy OwnStyleHollywoodMy Own Style Author:Avril Lavigne
“Hollywood, young or otherwise, is a very trend-driven town, and that can get a little out of hand at times. I just try to stay true to my own personal taste - incorporating my personality while not taking myself too seriously.” TryingLittlesHandsYoungMy OwnPersonalityTasteHollywoodTownsDrivenTrendsStay TrueIncorporatingPersonal Taste Author:Skylar Astin