“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
“When I was a Hollywood press agent, I learned how the Hollywood casting system worked. There was a roster of actors who were always perfect as doctors or lawyers or laborers, and the directors just picked the types they needed and stuffed them into film after film. I do the same [with my characters], book after book.” BookCharacterFilmActorsPerfectTypeNeededDirectorsDoctorsHollywoodPressesLawyerAgentsCastingLaborersRosters Author:Richard Condon
“The Hollywood Foreign Press have just given me a time out from my 20-year midlife crisis. My heartfelt thanks to them.” YearsGivenHollywoodCrisisPressesThanksHeartfeltMidlifeMidlife CrisisHeartfelt Thanks Author:Colin Firth
“I was 12 when I ordered my first guitar out of the worn and discolored pages of the Sears and Roebuck catalog. The story that I bought it on the installment plan is untrue, the invention of a Hollywood press agent. Local color. I paid cash, $8, money I had saved as a hired hand on my uncle Calvin's farm, baling and stacking hay. Prairie hay, used as feed for the cattle in winter. It was mean work for a wiry boy, but ambition made me strong.” FirstsMeanMadeStoriesHandsUsedStrongBoysPlansColorAmbitionPagesHollywoodPaidPressesGuitarWinterSavedInventionLocalsAgentsFarmsCashWornUnclesCattleUntruePrairieHaySearsStacking Author:Gene Autry
“And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press.” ThinkingPerspectiveHollywoodPresses Author:Patricia Heaton
“At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.” ThinkingActorsActingHollywoodPressesDinnerActressesAgentsAwardsAcademyAcademy AwardsActors And Actresses Author:Bob Hope
“I think that the work that's left to be done - and I see the end in sight at this point - is to just let go and stop talking about it. It's definitely 'stop talking about the whole size thing.' I don't go to my girlfriend's house and say, 'Hey, I'm your big friend, let's talk about big things.' It's not a topic of conversation within my friend group - I'm ready for society, Hollywood, the press, magazines, everyone, to just catch up and say, 'These women are just like the women we've been using for so long. Let's just throw them into the mix and stop talking about it.'” ThinkingLongEndsDoneWholeBigsHouseLeftTalkingGroupsReadyConversationLetting GoMy FriendsHollywoodSightPressesSizeMagazinesHeyGirlfriendTopicsBig ThingsMy GirlfriendJust Let Go Author:Ashley Graham
“I think the press is doing a wonderful job of putting the pressure on the decision-makers in Hollywood to support more female directors.” ThinkingJobsDecisionSupportWonderfulDirectorsFemaleHollywoodPressurePressesMakersDecision Makers Author:Natalie Portman