“The bravery of Stanley Kramer's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' amounted to two Hollywood legends - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy - telling the world that a black son-in-law is something they can live with, and so should you, especially if he looks like Sidney Poitier and has degrees.” IfsWorldShouldLooksTwoLawBlackSonDegreesHollywoodBraveryDinnerLegendsIn-lawsStanleyHepburnTracyKramerSon-in-law Author:Wesley Morris
“I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.” KnowsWantYearsLongOpportunityAnswersSonPeriodsHollywoodRaisesRight ThingMy SonTake TimeTime OffTurned DownLong Periods Of Time Author:Arsenio Hall
“During the years when the barely educated immigrants were being replaced by barely educated native sons, Hollywood . . . proved a more reliable, cost-effective means of securing world domination than any nuclear arsenal or diplomatic démarche.” WorldYearsMeanSonCostHollywoodNuclearEducatedNativeImmigrantsReplacedDominationArsenalDiplomaticWorld DominationNative Son Author:Frederic Raphael
“I'm in Hollywood right now, surrounded by nothing but the sons and grandsons of movie stars.” StarsSonRight NowHollywoodMovie StarGrandson Author:Gore Vidal
“I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of some big Greek movie producer in Hollywood, but also a Catholic, which ruined it for both of us.” MenBigsNamesInterestingSonIntellectualHollywoodCatholicUglyProducersGreekTallRuinedBell Jar Book:the bell jar Source: the bell jar
“One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?” EyeNightGuyLeftLaughingCrySonToughHollywoodBaseballMy SonFifteenBatsOne NightDopeTough Guy Author:James Caan
“We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.” KnowsWantMayActorsFatherSonOne DayDirectHollywoodMalesFatsChineseMy SonAsianHollywood MoviesGongs Author:Nicolas Cage
“My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden age?' Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply. You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks. I could show you some, but I'd have to climb ladders, and I can't climb” PeopleThinkingWellsLooksPersonsI CanShowsAgeLastsPastYoungAsksRealizingSonMarriedHollywoodGoldenAsk MeMemorableClimbsMy SonOur PastLaddersYour PastReflectingGolden AgeBogartEyewitnesses Author:Lauren Bacall