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“Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives are similar: a highly intelligent villain with offshore interests and a past both are seeking to cover up who had a powerful father and is set on pillaging society.”

Past Father Interest Powerful Hollywood Intelligent Seeking Campaigns Narrative Villain Cover Ups Bane Offshore Highly Intelligent Obama Campaign Pillaging

Author:Chris Lehane

“...In the past, as now, [Hollywood] was a stamping ground for tastelessness, violence, and hyperbole, but once upon a time it turned out a product which sweetened the flavor of life all over the world.”

World Past Violence Products Hollywood Movie Flavor Once Upon A Time Hyperbole

Book:Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writings

Source: Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writings

“If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes of new directors for whom your great performances are always fading into the past.”

Ifs Eye Past Stars Directors Hollywood Performances Fading Great Performance

Author:Lee Grant

“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.”

World Years Two Play Past Turns Opportunity Five Planets Percent Hollywood Opening Around The World Thirty Two Years Decline Location Seventies Over The Past Harmonicas

Author:Jon Stewart

“What's considered ideal in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world. I don't think you can aspire to it, nor can I. Everybody is retouched, stretched, lengthened, slimmed and trimmed. I could look at a picture of myself from the past and think, 'Why don't I look like that now?' It's because I never have!”

Thinking World Looks Different Past Ideals Hollywood Aspire Pictures Of Myself

Author:Kate Beckinsale

“What I find astounding is that we've had a president who is black in office for the past eight years, who gets most of his funding from the liberal elite in Hollywood. Yet, there are not very many roles for people of color. How can that be? And why is it just now being addressed?”

People Years Past Black President Roles Color Office Hollywood Eight Elites Funding

Author:Stacey Dash

“Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for me but for other actresses, how Hollywood treats us in the next ten, fifteen years. I'm hoping that it's not going to be so easy to shove people under the rug, as they have in the past.”

People Years Character Past Next Easy Ten Hollywood Treats Actresses Fifteen Fifteen Years

Author:Kathy Bates

“In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.”

People Past Asks Felt Dog Hollywood Ask Me Good People Humiliation Humiliated Jackie

Author:Jackie Chan

“My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden age?' Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply. You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks. I could show you some, but I'd have to climb ladders, and I can't climb”

“I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan.”

Past Cities New York Walking Hollywood Busy Indifference New York City Manhattan Downtown I Love New York Disinterest

Author:James Van Der Beek

“Movies in Hollywood now, for the past 20 or 30 years, are made mainly by lawyers or agents.”

Years Made Past Hollywood Lawyer Agents

Book:Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews

Source: Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews