“Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project.” PeopleThinkingDoeI CanIdeasFilmSpeakDiversityProjectsOkayHollywoodBoxesRangeDramatic Author:Lou Diamond Phillips
“I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.” ThinkingWantImportantChallengesInterestingProjectsEuropeHollywoodTrash Author:Zhang Ziyi
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore
“Number one rule in Hollywood is to maintain relationships with successful people, and you may find yourself involved in some very cool projects.” PeopleMayNumbersSuccessfulInvolvedProjectsHollywoodFinding YourselfSuccessful PeopleVery Cool Author:David Hayter
“For me to start working, projects have to catch my attention whether they are here (in the USA) or in Mexico. All I want is to be involved in projects that are interesting to me, projects that are a challenge wherever they may happen, in Spain, in China, or in Hollywood.” WantMayHappensChallengesInterestingAttentionInvolvedProjectsHollywoodChinaUsaMexicoSpain Author:Kate del Castillo
“I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so.” MenPlayCharacterBigsCareFilmCertainActorsTypeEasierProjectsHollywoodAvailableLike MeVarietySlipsLead InCharacter ActorsHollywood Films Author:Eddie Marsan
“I like to go to the movies at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They do this thing in The Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood where everybody sits out on the grass and they project movies and it's very romantic and very old-school Hollywood, so I love that.” SchoolForeverProjectsHollywoodGrassCemeteryOld SchoolVery Romantic Author:Bonnie McKee
“I realized that people don't quite understand what I do when I was the new kid on the block and a lot of Hollywood was offering me fairly cheesy projects.” PeopleKidsProjectsHollywoodI RealizedBlockOfferingCheesy Author:DJ Shadow
“There was a period that black film had no chance of making it in Hollywood. So, people just made the made the statements that they wanted to make. Whether it was a science fiction film or whatever, b/c they were just making movie for themselves. Then there was a period where people were creating projects as their Hollywood audition 'pieces'. I feel that today we are moving back to the era where we all have our own voices.” PeopleFeelsMadeTodayWantedFilmMovingBlackVoiceChanceFictionPiecesPeriodsProjectsCreatingHollywoodScience FictionStatementsErasAuditionsMoving Back Author:Reginald Hudlin
“I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits are crushed, because they work on these screenplays and these projects, and then directors either take them and change everything, rewrite them and make them worse, or they film them and they're nothing like how they imagined it to be.” KindRealFilmSpiritLuckyDirectorsProjectsHollywoodDown AndAll KindsBeatenCrushedScreenplaysScreenwriters Author:Daniel Clowes
“I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've got a good agent, I've got a good manager, I'm getting a lot of work out there and doing a lot of stuff - getting a lot of film projects on the go.” FilmStuffCallingProjectsHollywoodWork OutCardsAgentsManagersGood ManGood ManagerAlbatrossTrainspotting Author:Irvine Welsh
“Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.” DifferentYouthOfficeProjectsLateHollywoodBoxesCorporateMentality80sBox OfficeDifferent Mentality Author:Marlee Matlin
“I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood - really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that's a dream of mine.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantGivingStoriesDreamAbleCultureChanceMinesProjectsHollywoodAround The World Author:Steven Seagal
“When I was 14 -years-old, I made this PowerPoint presentation, and I invited my parents into my room and gave them popcorn. It was called 'Project Hollywood 2004' and it worked. I moved to L.A. in January of 2004.” YearsMadeParentRoomsProjectsHollywoodMovedInvitedPresentationJanuaryPopcornPowerpoint Author:Emma Stone
“I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.” ThinkingCan DoProjectsHollywoodComicComic ConFandoms Author:Felicia Day
“Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.” IfsWayStoriesWantedProjectsHollywoodSurpriseScriptsCommitSurprise Me Author:Sherilyn Fenn