“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
“I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty homogeneous, right? They haven't done a really deep dive into a lot of stories of people of color. I don't want to say that there haven't been attempts, and there has been some great product that has come out over the years, but I think in 2016, we're in a world of struggle. It's not just about race, it's also about the LGBT community too and others.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantYearsLooksHas BeensDoneWholeStoriesCommunityRaceStruggleHavensColorProductsTypeHollywoodLgbtReally DeepHomogeneousLgbt Community Author:Mike Jackson
“When I reflect on the issues that black Hollywood has had with the lack of representation at the Oscars, I realized that we have a responsibility to tell stories that are meaningful for our history.” StoriesBlackResponsibilityIssuesHollywoodI RealizedMeaningfulRepresentationOscars Author:Usher
“It was just a wonderful experience, one for the memory book for sure. The sad thing about it was that the picture came under this absurd cloud of controversy. Here was a movie based on the central theme that racism is something that is taught, and it's illustrated by this story of a dog and the efforts of humans to re-train it after it had been trained to go after black people. And it created this ridiculous controversy and wound up being the last Hollywood movie that Sam [Fuller] made.” PeopleHumansMadeBookStoriesLastsBlackMemoriesEffortWonderfulDogTaughtRacismHollywoodTrainCloudsWoundsRidiculousAbsurdThemeBlack PeopleControversySad ThingsHollywood MoviesWonderful Experience Author:Curtis Hanson
“The Hollywood stuff in the book tended to come later. I think it was because I was worried about leading with that stuff. I wanted to try to make sure that the other stories in the book were as interesting. I wanted to spend more time on them and craft them. The thing is, with writing, it's form or content.” ThinkingWritingTryingBookStoriesWantedFormStuffInterestingHollywoodCraftsWorriedMore Time Author:Mara Wilson
“The trouble with Hollywood is that it has poisoned us. If you see a poster of a movie it is mainly the picture of a woman and a man. Always a love story. Yes. But it shouldn't be that way. It should be another (way).” IfsMenWayShouldStoriesTroubleHollywoodLove StoryAnother WayPosters Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“I've had a little Hollywood experience, and there's nothing like the Disney story experience.” LittlesStoriesHollywood Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“I want studios that make story-based games to start taking their stories more seriously. And that doesn't mean hiring a big shot writer from Hollywood; it means that story becomes integral to making your game. I don't see how you can achieve that without having an in-house writer that sits next to the designer, helping them make their levels, talking with the engineers about where we can tell the story more dynamically, pushing at technology.” WantMeanHelpingStoriesBigsNextGamesHouseLevelsTalkingTechnologyAchieveShotsHollywoodStudiosDesignerPushingEngineersHiringBig Shots Author:Neil Druckmann
“In Hollywood, more often than not, they're making more kind of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. And the entire story is understood. And they become worried if even for one small moment something happens that is not understood by everyone.” PeopleIfsKindMomentsStoriesHappensFilmUnderstoodHollywoodTraditionalWorriedSmall Moments Author:David Lynch
“I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges.” WorldWayWritingTryingBelieveDifferentStoriesCertainI BelieveChallengesCreativeSeeingLessonsSkillsApproachHollywoodSeriesDifferent ThingsNew WaysExposingWorld SeriesDifferent ApproachWorking With Others Author:George R. R. Martin
“I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.” KindStoriesSchoolCareersPiecesWrittenStudentsHigh SchoolHollywoodNovelistsShort StoryPlaywrightStory WritersHigh School Students Author:George R. R. Martin
“I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood - really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that's a dream of mine.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantGivingStoriesDreamAbleCultureChanceMinesProjectsHollywoodAround The World Author:Steven Seagal
“I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.” YearsFirstsStoriesWould BeReaderHollywood Author:Sidney Sheldon
“The setting sun burned the sky pink and orange in the same bright hues as surfers' bathing suits. It was beautiful deception, Bosch thought, as he drove north on the Hollywood Freeway to home. Sunsets did that here. Made you forget it was the smog that made their colors so brilliant, that behind every pretty picture there could be an ugly story.” MadeStoriesHomeBeautifulForgetBehindsSunSkyColorHollywoodUglyBrilliantSettingSettingsSuitsDeceptionSunsetBurnedOrangeForget ItHueBathingSurferFreewaysBathing SuitsSmogPretty Picture Book:The Black Echo Source: The Black Echo
“All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn't understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.” PeopleThinkingStoriesFilmYoungSidesChallengesBusinessHollywoodSettingSettingsArtistic Author:Marisa Tomei
“Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.” IfsWayStoriesWantedProjectsHollywoodSurpriseScriptsCommitSurprise Me Author:Sherilyn Fenn
“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
“I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we’re going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me. When I read the script, I didn’t feel like I was reading this larger-than-life, incredible superhero tale. These are all very human people that end up having to become I guess what is known as the Fantastic Four. So for me it was just a really good story and gives me an opportunity to play something different from my own skin. It’s a proper character and that’s my favorite stuff to do.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsHumansLooksMadeDifferentEndsPlayCharacterStoriesReadingActorsOpportunityStuffMy OwnKnownFourHollywoodSkinsGive MeIncrediblesMy FavoriteScriptsTalesFantasticHalloweenGroundedCostumesSuperheroGood StoryLarger Than LifeHalloween CostumeFantastic Four Author:Miles Teller
“I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.” KnowsFeelsHardStoriesJobsStarsMorningWeekHard WorkSixHollywoodWake UpHollywood Stars Author:Kristen Stewart
“In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have OK teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already” IfsMenLooksLongDifferentDoneStoriesJobsHalfSuccessfulNiceTypeHollywoodSkinsTeethFatsBeing SuccessfulTallOddsBeing NiceLooking Good Author:John Corbett
“If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them, they're going to have to finance them. If you let Hollywood do it, Hollywood is going to get it wrong most of the time.” PeopleIfsWantStoriesWrittenHollywoodFinanceIndian Author:Ricky Schroder