“As much as it's nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of actors that have really chosen smartly and done really amazing performances. Maybe they're not as known, but their careers are a bit more interesting.” WorldDoneBigsActorsBitsInterestingKnownStepsCareersNiceHollywoodPerformancesChosenMassiveReally AmazingFamous Actor Author:Idris Elba
“Every star knows you step on some toes to get where you're going - and some more after you get there. Nobody means to hurt anybody else, it just happens. You always keep saying in the back of your mind that one day you will be able to right all the wrongs. That someday almost never comes.” KnowsMindMeanHappensAbleStarsHurtStepsOne DayHollywoodSomedayToes Author:Jayne Mansfield
“I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional.” WantTryingCharacterAsksStepsHollywoodBe GoodPlatesStep Up Author:Martin Lawrence
“Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things I won't let it get me, but too much praise can turn a fellow's head if he doesn't watch his step.” IfsTurnsStepsWatchesToo MuchHollywoodPraiseFellowsDishesSmall Things Author:LeBron James
“Did Wagner really accomplish the first step towards the kitschy 'fetishization' of music that reaches its apogee in classical Hollywood?” FirstsStepsHollywoodAccomplishFirst StepsWagner Author:Slavoj Žižek
“I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and I've been able to stay a float. I think the next logical step in my career would be to start my own filmmaking empire like (Harvey Weinstein) and (Bob Weinstein) did so many years ago. I think if only the unions weren't so strict in Boston, I'd set up shop there and make films of a certain quality you don't see represented these days. I'm full of ideas and dreams.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasDreamWould BeAbleFilmMovingCertainNextLostMy OwnQualityStepsCareersYears AgoHollywoodTownsUnionsThese DaysShopsEmpiresLogicalBobFilmmakingStrictUnpredictableBostonFloatsJadedHarveyNext MoveIdeas And Dreams Author:Ben Affleck
“There are definitely roles within this industry that are industry-related, but to be a good actor, you really have to want to act first. At the same time, my goal was never to go to Hollywood to make movies. I think if you come here with that attitude, then you've missed a few steps.” IfsThinkingWantFirstsActorsGoalAttitudeStepsRolesIndustryHollywoodRelatedGood Actors Author:Anthony Edwards
“I went in for an audition [for As Good As It Gets], but the audition was with James L. Brooks. I was the first girl in that morning, and there was a whole waiting room of girls waiting to read for it. So I did my audition, and he asked me to step outside. So I stepped outside, and when he asked me to come back in, he looked at me, and he said, "Well, I'm very excited to work with you on set." And I was, like, "What?" I thought it was a Hollywood blow-off.” FirstsWellsSaidWholeGirlWaitingRoomsStepsMorningHollywoodBlowExcitedAuditionsBrooksWaiting RoomsGood As It Gets Author:Julie Benz
“If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.” IfsChildrenBookUseBigsReadingHouseParentDifferencesWhiteStepsEventsHollywoodEnglandNflPoundsNbaWhite HouseBookstoresChildren Reading Author:James Patterson
“It's a chain of accidents. When you step into Hollywood, you wind yourself into thousands of chains of accidents. If all of the thousands happen to come out exactly right-and the chance of that figures out to be one in eight million-then you'll be a star.” IfsHappensStarsChanceStepsMillionsFiguresWindHollywoodEightAccidentsChains Author:Clark Gable