“The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.” WayDoneJobsFilmArtistActorsOpportunityBecomingHollywoodMediumsAffectedGood JobCablesRecessionsRobustPlumsFilm Actors Author:Omari Hardwick
“I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as Miss Golden Globe 2012.” GivingOpportunityWonderfulMissingHollywoodPressesGoldenAssociationGlobes Author:Rainey Qualley
“Hollywood can be an exclusive place. Who gets to be on TV, or who gets to make TV can be a small clique of an industry. There's so many talented, skilled people, all over the world, that might not have the connections or the opportunities to work in TV.” PeopleWorldMightOpportunityTvsIndustryConnectionsHollywoodExclusiveClique Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.” ThinkingWantOpportunityCareersLandHollywoodLand Of Opportunity Author:Raekwon
“I think it's important to control your opportunities, because in the entertainment world, it's not up to you. I'm not sitting here under this naïve belief that someone in Hollywood is going, "Gaffigan! What kind of a show can I build around him?" So you have to find things that can showcase your point of view.” ThinkingWorldKindImportantShowsOpportunityBeliefViewsSittingHollywoodEntertainmentPoint Of ViewUp To YouShowcase Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.” KnowsWantYearsLongOpportunityAnswersSonPeriodsHollywoodRaisesRight ThingMy SonTake TimeTime OffTurned DownLong Periods Of Time Author:Arsenio Hall
“I personally think that Hollywood agencies ought to play a much better role in the development of Chinese films. Otherwise they're missing out on a lot of opportunities.” ThinkingPlayFilmOpportunityRolesMissingDevelopmentOughtHollywoodChineseAgencyMissing Out Author:Bruno Zheng Wu
“Planet Hollywood has shrunk from seventy-five locations around the world to just over thirty-five over the past two years. No new Planet Hollywoods are opening, which in turn has caused a 100 percent decline in opportunities for Bruce Willis to play the harmonica.” WorldYearsTwoPlayPastTurnsOpportunityFivePlanetsPercentHollywoodOpeningAround The WorldThirtyTwo YearsDeclineLocationSeventiesOver The PastHarmonicas Author:Jon Stewart
“When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like - America seemed like the land of opportunity and, you know, it was Hollywood to me.” KnowsHas BeensAmericaOpportunityLandMy FamilyDecidedHollywoodEnglandLand Of Opportunity Author:Aasif Mandvi
“That's one of the things [diversity] that I love the most and that makes not only Hollywood, but America the great country that it is. I'm not complaining - I celebrate it, and I think there are a sea of opportunities because of that.” ThinkingCountryAmericaOpportunitySeaDiversityHollywoodComplainingCelebrateGreat Country Author:Omar Chaparro
“I think my music is great for film, but I don't have the opportunity, or goesche to go and pitch myself to Hollywood.” ThinkingFilmOpportunityMusic IsHollywood Author:Terry Bozzio
“There are so many urban pop ideas that are underserved, and I think Hollywood doesn't see us and misses the opportunity to integrate.” ThinkingIdeasOpportunityMissingHollywoodPopsUrbanIntegrating Author:Russell Simmons
“In the wake of Animal House, all of us at the Lampoon had a lot of Hollywood opportunities. We could definitely get people to return phone calls.” PeopleOpportunityHouseAnimalReturnHollywoodPhonesPhone Calls Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.” ThinkingOpportunityWomenHollywoodBottomAfrican AmericanColourAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenTotems Author:Denzel Washington
“The Hollywood I know has allowed me the opportunity after opportunity to keep doing new things and not send me out to pasture. I don't want to go to pasture. It's cold. I'm allergic to grass. And the cows are mean.” KnowsWantMeanOpportunityWomenColdHollywoodGrassCowsNew ThingsPasturesAllergic Author:Sandra Bullock
“Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on.” FilmOpportunityHollywoodDanceDancerGangstersTap DanceVaudeville Author:James Cagney
“You know, women in Hollywood, we don't get action franchises and superheroes. The rom-coms that made Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, and Reese Witherspoon stars are out of favor right now- nobody is making them. In this business, if you are an ambitious person, you don't wait for people to hand you opportunities. You have to make a way for yourself.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayPersonsMadeHandsActionOpportunityStarsWaitingRight NowHollywoodFavorsAmbitiousSuperheroJuliaAmbitious Person Author:Elizabeth Banks
“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 still dont consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, Ill go onto something else.” StillsOpportunityFunHollywoodIll Author:Colleen Haskell