“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
“Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.” IfsWantChildrenLittlesMatterActorsBitsPaySupportLittle BitHollywood Author:Ethan Hawke
“There are very few distributors left to do off-Hollywood movies, and those distributors generally have got thousands of movies to choose from. So you're pretty lucky if you get one to even take your movie and it's pretty rare that they pay anything upfront.” IfsLeftPayLuckyHollywoodHollywood MoviesDistributorsYou Re Pretty Author:John Sayles
“Even Hollywood millionaires are now clamoring for legal protections for their illegal-alien nannies and gardeners, though such elites would hardly countenance a similar legal laxity that would allow foreign film technicians, screenwriters, and actors to flood southern California to work in their industry for a fourth of their own pay.” FilmActorsPayIndustryHollywoodProtectionAliensCaliforniaIllegalSouthernElitesFourthFloodMillionaireGardenerScreenwritersCountenanceTechniciansNanniesSouthern CaliforniaIllegal Aliens Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“I'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips.” PayHollywoodLipsActresses Author:Sandra Bernhard
“With the pay gap in Hollywood, I think it's very easy to say - 'oh, what are they complaining for? They're making millions of dollars.' But by having a woman in the industry do this, it's easier for others to see it.” ThinkingEasyPayMillionsIndustryEasierHollywoodDollarsComplainingGapsPay Gap Author:Debby Ryan
“Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” InspirationalSoulInspiringMoneyPayActingHistoryThousandKissingHollywoodDollarsSellingYour SoulFiftyCentsKissing YouKissing FunnyCute KissingTwo CentsHollywood StarsSweet Kisses Author:Marilyn Monroe
“If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.” IfsWritingFilmPayMillionsFailingIndustrySucceedHollywoodStatisticsBucksFartFilm Industry Author:George A. Romero
“If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.” IfsInspirationalEnoughMotivationalActorsPayHollywoodScripts Author:George Burns
“In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty.” KnowsFirstsLooksImportantSoulEnoughGirlPayActingVirtueOffersThousandKissingHollywoodDollarsYour SoulFiftyJudgedCentsTurned DownHairdos Book:My Story Source: My Story
“I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent.” GivingBelieveFeelingsActorsI BelieveFeltPaySunTalentHollywoodSorrySurrenderSwimmingPoolSwimming PoolFeeling Sorry Author:Cedric Hardwicke
“My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.” PayAmbitionHollywood Author:Adrian Grenier