“Hollywood is great for entertaining people, it's a wonderful business but it's make-believe, you must remember that. That's one of the most important things to remember and the distinction in your own life, otherwise people get lost in their own fame, and it makes them unhappy.” PeopleBelieveImportantRememberLostWonderfulFameHollywoodImportant ThingsUnhappyDistinctionEntertainingMake BelieveWise People Author:Dolph Lundgren
“It was beguiling to live in a country, Scotland, that didn't look enough like itself to be a location for its own movies... I remember consulting a film book and discovering that Arthur Freed decided to shoot Brigadoon in Hollywood because nowhere in Scotland looked Scottish enough.” LooksBookCountryEnoughRememberFilmDecidedHollywoodDiscoveringLocationScotlandScottishArthurConsulting Author:Andrew O'Hagan
“Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.” RememberRichHollywoodAdagesGet RichMovie Business Author:Lynda Obst
“To whom one reports is a unit of measure. It measures the exact distance between the player and the center of power. It is the closest we can get to a calibrated answer to the question 'How big am I?' More than the size of an executive's office or even his title, which no one remembers anyway, the fewer people between the player and a 'yes,' the more powerful he is.” PeopleBigsRememberAnswersPowerfulPowerPlayerOfficeHollywoodDistanceSizeTitlesReportsExecutivesFewerClosestUnits Author:Lynda Obst
“I remember doing one day of work, and I was so good I ended up doing 25 days on that movie. And all of it ended up on the editing room floor. That was my first Hollywood lesson: Just because you filmed a movie doesn't necessarily mean that you're in it.” FirstsMeanRememberRoomsLessonsOne DayHollywoodEditing Author:Eddie Griffin
“What I remember most are some of the guys in the background - who they were and what kind of times we had during those days on the set. I remember staying at Mikes house in Hollywood when we first started filming the series. It was the upper story of a two-story building on a little hillside. Mikes wife, Phyllis, was wonderful. Mike and I laughed a lot and played music together. I remember that time very fondly.” FirstsKindLittlesTwoStoriesTogetherRememberGuyHouseWifeWonderfulBuildingHollywoodSeriesBackgroundsStayingLaughedMike Author:Peter Tork
“You have to remember that Hollywood is in the business of making movies that they can sell tickets to, they're not in the business of finding great roles for actors.” RememberActorsRolesFindingsHollywoodSellsTickets Author:Julianne Moore
“I remember people saying to us, "You're too nice. Hollywood is going to eat you up and spit you out." I never listened to them.” PeopleRememberNiceHollywoodSpitToo Nice Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I don't remember, at 19, someone giving me a golden key and saying, 'Welcome to Hollywood; which job would you like?'” GivingJobsRememberKeysHollywoodGoldenWelcome Author:Jessica Capshaw
“I remember first seeing Barney Kessel, in the 1940s, standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in his cowboy boots, sun glasses and hipster threads, holding his guitar case man, you just knew that cat could wail!'” MenFirstsRememberCasesSunSeeingStandingCatHollywoodGuitarGlassesCornersBootsThreadCowboyVinesHipsterCowboy Boot Author:Anita O'Day
“Remember a few years ago when they left Bea Arthur out of the death reel at the Oscars? Bea Arthur! How did they leave Bea Arthur out? She was in Mame; she was in All in the Family; she was in Maude; she was a Golden Girl, for God's sake! Bea was not only one of Hollywood's leading ladies, she was one of Hollywood's leading men!” MenYearsRememberGirlLeftYears AgoHollywoodSakeGoldenOscarsArthurLeading LadiesGolden Girls Author:Joan Rivers
“I remember saying to my agent, "Listen, everybody's going out to Hollywood and making movies. I think I ought to go out there." And his advice to me was, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. If they want you in Hollywood, they'll send you." And sure enough, they did.” IfsThinkingWantEnoughRememberAdviceOughtHollywoodAgentsGoing Out Author:Morgan Freeman
“I remember when I was working on Mission: Impossible 2, John Woo said, "In Hong Kong, there's not much money and a lot of time. In Hollywood, a lot of money, not much time." Personally I'd prefer not much money, a lot of time.” SaidRememberImpossibleHollywoodMissionsLots Of MoneyRemember WhenHong KongMission Impossible Author:William Mapother
“I liked the Hollywood stuff. But I also liked the fact that in both, you know, I guess in the, like, the auteur, the art film auteur at that time was Lina Wertmuller. So, you go see "Swept Away" or you go see a movie she did "Blood Feud" with Sophia Loren and Giancarlo Giannini. And I remember "Wifemistress" was a big movie at that time, really liked it, Laura Antonelli.” KnowsArtFactsBigsRememberFilmStuffBloodHollywoodSwept AwayBig MovieLauraSophiaFeudsArt FilmsAuteurs Author:Quentin Tarantino
“I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, "Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?"” YearsRememberActorsHollywoodMovieOscarsRemember When Author:Ang Lee
“Remember, I come from such an excessively overdone, red-carpet place called Hollywood. So I'm used to people blowing up their success in ways that are far above and beyond the truth.” PeopleWayRememberUsedRedHollywoodCarpetRed CarpetAbove And BeyondBlowing Up Author:Shirley MacLaine
“I have always let the lack of Indian actors in the industry drive me, not hold me back. I remember an agent in L.A. telling me a few years ago that an Indian actor wouldn't ever make it in Hollywood, but my ethnicity has helped me.” YearsRememberActorsIndustryYears AgoHollywoodAgentsIndianEthnicityHold Me Author:Archie Panjabi
“I can't really remember my life without movies... [Growing up in Hollywood] is no different really. I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get better at what I want to do, just like other kids are trying to get better at what they want to do.” WayWantTryingI CanDifferentPlayKidsRememberGrowing UpGrowingLessonsHollywoodPianoGet BetterTennisPiano Lesson Author:Elle Fanning
“The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there is that Hollywood is an Oriental city. As long as you do that, you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else, you'll perish.” IfsTryingLongMightRememberCitiesOne ThingHollywood Author:Olivia de Havilland
“In Hollywood, there is a lot of pressure to do certain things and getting into drugs, alcohol, or partying a lot is a major one. I stay out of that, because it is a waste of my time. I always remember where I came from and to never change who I am - I stick to my morals, and I do not let anyone pressure me into doing things that I do not want to.” WantRememberCertainPartyMoralDrugWasteMajorsHollywoodPressureSticksAlcoholWho I AmMy TimeNever ChangeWasting My Time Author:Ashley Benson