“True friendships don't fade in Hollywood, as so many myths about show business would have you insist.” ShowsHollywoodMythFadesShow BusinessTrue FriendTrue Friendship Author:Kent McCord
“One of the myths about Dad was that he was mean. That simply wasn't true. I always found him generous to a fault but he wasn't reckless with his money, which was rather rare in Hollywood. He'd grown up with nothing and he wasn't about to fritter it all away.” MeanFoundDadHollywoodFaultsMythGenerousReckless Author:Jennifer Grant
“Great historians can make the discovery of the real story more exciting than the romantic myth. Stacy Schiff, a great historian as well as a wonderful writer, peels away the layers to reveal the true Cleopatraa much more interesting woman than the Hollywood version and, as it turns out, a formidable queen after all.” WellsRealStoriesTurnsInterestingWonderfulDiscoveryHollywoodExcitingMythVersionsQueensHistorianLayersFormidableReal Story Author:Evan Thomas
“Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists. Time travel is possible. For example, an object traveling at high speeds ages more slowly than a stationary object. This means that if you were to travel into outer space and return, moving close to light speed, you could travel thousands of years into the Earth's future.” IfsKnowsNeedsYearsMeanLightAgeTodayEarthMovingSpaceFictionExampleObjectsReturnHollywoodScience FictionSpeedMythTime TravelSpeculationPhysicistTheoreticalConfinedOuter SpaceHigh SpeedHollywood MoviesStationary Book:Time: A Traveler's Guide Source: Time: A Traveler's Guide
“Hollywood is still the cradle of many myths, including the one of eternal youth. I find it odd that the very notion of desire, when applied to a woman over 40, is turned into a pathology or a mockery in a number of films. But Hollywood is not the only place to blame, by far. This is just a rendition, possibly magnified by the power of movies, of a general state of things, social, cultural and political.” StillsStatesFilmPoliticalDesireSocialNumbersYouthEternalHollywoodBlameNotionIncludingMythOddCradleMockeryPathologyEternal Youth Author:Anne Fontaine
“I am very suspicious of cameras and dramatic interpretations and the whole Hollywood myth-making process. I don't trust it. I've seen it affect people in bad ways.” PeopleWayWholeProcessHollywoodCamerasMythDramaticInterpretationSuspiciousDon't Trust Author:Wayne White