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“It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star.”

People Thinking Stars Tests Hollywood Screens

Author:Mary Steenburgen

“This is true Hollywood glamour! I am taking personal jewels from a screen legend and creating a one-of-a-kind pair of shoes,which will be worn by a movie star of today.”

Kind Today Stars Creating Hollywood Shoes Screens Pairs Legends Worn Jewels Movie Star Glamour Pair Of Shoes One Of A Kind Hollywood Glamour

Author:Stuart Weitzman

“Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

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Author:Alfred Hitchcock

“The wise screen writer is he who wears his second-best suit, artistically speaking, and doesn't take things too much to heart. He should have a touch of cynicism, but only a touch. The complete cynic is as useless to Hollywood as he is to himself. He should do the best he can without straining at it. He should be scrupulously honest about his work, but he should not expect scrupulous honesty in return. He won't get it. And when he has had enough, he should say goodbye with a smile, because for all he knows he may want to go back.”

“There's always the standard six people you can hire that have played all these villains in Hollywood. Instinctively, when they come on screen, you know what's going to happen. You don't know the story, but you know what they do.”

People Knows Stories Happens Six Standards Hollywood Screens Villain

Author:Albert Brooks

“Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood's Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town. I am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous. I have never met anyone as utterly mean as Marilyn Monroe. Nor as utterly fabulous on the screen, and that includes Garbo.”

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Author:Billy Wilder

“I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.”

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Author:John Lloyd Young

“I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?”

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Author:Chuck Norris

“Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.”

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Book:Self-portrait

Source: Self-portrait

“You are my Marilyn. You are my lake full of fishes. You are my sky set, my 'Hollywood in Miniature,' my pink Cadillac, my highway, my martini, the stage for my heart to rock and roll on, the screen where my movies light up.”

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Book:Weetzie Bat

Source: Weetzie Bat

“There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.”

Party Acting Hollywood Screens Good Acting

Book:The lonely life: an autobiography

Source: The lonely life: an autobiography