“Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshipped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldIdeasReasonChurchUnderstoodHollywoodAncientFeaturesMinorsDeitiesPublic LifeScientologyAncient World Author:Lawrence Wright
“I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.” MadeI CanReasonShowsHandsNumbersHollywoodSillyLos AngelesAwardsAward Shows Author:Stephen Daldry
“My first book, Fast Forward, was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of celebrity, and I've often felt the reason my work has an audience in the UK is because it's everything the British love to hate about the Americans.” FirstsBookReasonKidsHateCultureFeltAudienceGrowing UpGrowingShadowHollywoodBritishMaterialismAffectedCultLove Hate Author:Lauren Greenfield
“For some reason, a lot of Hollywood big shots are curious to see how they'd be drawn with bulging eyes and no chin.” ReasonBigsEyeShotsHollywoodDrawingCuriousChinsBig Shots Author:Matt Groening
“The only reason I wanted to get one [a star on Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame] was because Simon Cowell didn't have one.” ReasonWantedStarsWalksFameHollywoodBoulevard Author:Ryan Seacrest
“In a sometimes unreasonable business, Jack Valenti was a giant voice of reason. He was the greatest ambassador Hollywood has ever known and I will value his wisdom and friendship for all time.” SometimesReasonValuesVoiceKnownHollywoodAll TimeGiantsUnreasonableAmbassadorsVoice Of ReasonWisdom And Friendship Author:Jack Valenti
“Along with supernature and science, there is one other major source of horror movies disorder: the human psyche, most commonly homicidal psychosis. Unlike 'mad' scientists, horror-movies madmen are not visionary obsessives, glorifying in scientific reason as they single-mindedly purse their researches. They are, rather, victims of overpowering impulses that well up from within; monsters brought forth by the sleep of reason, not by its attractions.” HumansWellsReasonFilmSleepSourceHorrorMajorsResearchHollywoodScientistVictimMadAttractionMonstersImpulseDisorderVisionariesPursesMadmenPsychosisOverpoweringHuman PsycheHomicidalMad Scientist Author:Andrew Tudor
“I grew up in a Hollywood family with money, so money is not the reason I make music. I'm as Hollywood as it gets. Not internally but externally - that's my bloodline.” ReasonGrewGrew UpHollywoodBloodline Author:Robin Thicke
“My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.” Has BeensMadeReasonGoalBecomingLosingHollywoodSightBeastMovieInsidiousBecoming One Author:Lynda Obst
“When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from Australia and I do comedy." I think that one of the reasons they signed me is because I wasn't like any other girl. Maybe girls don't get encouraged. The ones who get encouraged to move to Hollywood are the prettiest ones in their hometown of Iowa, or something. Whereas for me, where I come from in the western suburbs of Sydney, no one ever thought professional actors would come from there. Even my own family was like, "No one would want you on a show."” ThinkingWantFirstsReasonShowsAmericaMovingGirlActorsMy OwnComedyHollywoodYeahMeetingsWesternAustraliaEndeavorSuburbsHometownSydneyIowaOther GirlPrettiestMorris Author:Rebel Wilson
“You know, unfortunately divorce it happens in Kansas as much as it does in Hollywood. And, you know, women having to start over at 40, you know, for the first time in their life having to find a career and being a single parent and having to date. You know, all of those things happen everywhere in the world. It's not just Los Angeles. So I would defend the fact that there are, you know, there are other reasons to watch than just to get a laugh.” KnowsWorldFirstsDoeReasonFactsHappensParentCareersWatchesLaughingFirst TimeHollywoodDivorceThings HappenLos AngelesStarting OverKansasSingle ParentBeing A Single Parent Author:Debra Messing
“One of the reasons the whole Hollywood way of making films wouldn't work for me is because the way I operate would be anathema to anyone who wants to hold a job down in Beverly Hills.” WayWantReasonWholeWould BeJobsFilmHollywoodHillsBeverly HillsAnathema Author:Mike Leigh
“A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.” FeelsReasonFilmIndustryHollywoodCommittedBritishInfrastructureFilm IndustryBritish Film Author:Mike Leigh
“Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.” WellsReasonMightActorsLosesActingStageHollywoodFinancialLuxuryBroadwayExploits Author:George C. Scott
“There has to be a reason of whether you look right or you bring the emotional or intellectual baggage of what's required for the storytelling. For me, it's not something I've aspired to say, "I'm going to be working in Hollywood."” LooksReasonEmotionalIntellectualHollywoodStorytellingBaggage Author:Ciaran Hinds
“is grey, and I like that about all the characters, the killer, the driver... the movie has a very unlikely Hollywood ending, at the same time it helps you for a sequel too. Those are the things that I think are attractive, it's more, its real life, and people can identify with it and it just grounds it to a certain degree. That's the reason why.” PeopleThinkingRealReasonCharacterHelpingCertainDegreesHollywoodReal LifeReason WhyAttractiveDriversKillersGreyUnlikelySequels Author:George Tillman, Jr.
“I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for films. I never studied. There are film and music school that teach you how to write music. I never studied that. But the influence of opera, which is a combination of storyline, visuals, staging, plus music... that was perhaps the best school I could have had. That's what gave me the idea of coming to Hollywood to write music for films.” ThinkingWritingIdeasReasonSchoolFilmYoungTeachFiveInfluenceHollywoodCombinationVisualsPlusOperaStorylineStagingBest SchoolFilm And Music Author:Lalo Schifrin
“Jeff Bridges says that the reason he's one of the few stars in Hollywood whose made his marriage last for decades is that every time they think there's no more doors left to walk through in the room, they just keep looking and keep looking until they find one.” ThinkingMadeReasonLastsLeftStarsWalksRoomsDoorsHollywoodDecadesBridges Author:Emma Forrest
“The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.” YearsReasonBreakYears AgoHollywoodMovedBeachBuddyChairmanHboPublicists Author:Russell Simmons
“I just think the David O. Selznick story is one of the great, epic stories of Hollywood history that nobody knows. Maybe one of the reasons why nobody knows it is because he wasn't a movie star.” ThinkingKnowsReasonStoriesStarsHollywoodReason WhyEpicMovie StarNobody KnowsEpic Stories Author:Karina Longworth
“Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It's the most mainstream thing there is.” ReasonCultureLeftHollywoodPopsMainstreamUrbanPop CultureLeft Out Author:Russell Simmons
“If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.” IfsI CanTwoReasonSexWomenInspiringHollywoodCriticsRefuseObstaclesGenderResistanceCinemaFilmmakerMovieCan't ChangeFamous WomenCinematographyMovie Director Author:Kathryn Bigelow
“In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.” ThinkingWayTryingReasonEnoughArtistForgetTechnologyToo MuchComputerHollywoodCopiesAnimationGood MoviePixarComputer Animation Author:Tim Burton
“The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.” ReasonMoneyMoralHollywoodRefuseMoral Courage Author:Marlon Brando
“Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons.” ThinkingWorldReasonHollywoodCynicalRemakes Author:Gerard Butler
“Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art. To tell stories. Yes to make money as well, but it was about both. Now I feel, it's mostly about bottom line and making money.” PeopleFeelsWellsArtReasonStoriesRunningWantedUsedArtistLinesHollywoodBottomUsed To BeMaking MoneyBottom Line Author:Matthew Lillard
“All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.” ThinkingKnowsLongReasonHomeNightActorsCareersFantasyMysteryHollywoodClueFridayFriday NightLong CareersOld Hollywood Author:Kate Mara