“The reinvention of American culture as purely the self catapulted Las Vegas to prominence. The city took sin and made it choice -- a sometimes ambiguous choice, but choice nonetheless. Combined with a visionary approach to experience that melded Hollywood and Americans' taste for comfort and self-deception, Las Vegas grew into the last American frontier city, as foreign at times as Prague but as quintessential as Peoria. In Las Vegas, you can choose your fantasy; in the rest of America, you don't always get to pick.” MadeSelfSometimesLastsAmericaChoicesCultureSinCitiesFantasyGrewComfortTasteApproachPicksHollywoodMade ItDeceptionFrontiersAmerican CultureVegasLas VegasVisionariesSelf DeceptionAmbiguousReinventionQuintessentialProminencePraguePeoria Author:Hal Rothman
“There's nothing really original. Alien was a B-movie. Five directors passed on it before me. Because I was into Heavy Metal, I read it, and thought, "Wow, I want to do this." I was on a plane to Hollywood in 22 hours. It was a B-movie and was elevated to an A-plus movie by sheer good taste.” WantHoursFiveTasteDirectorsHollywoodOriginalsHeavyAliensPlanesPlusWowMetalsSheerGood TasteHeavy Metal Author:Ridley Scott
“Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.” PeopleTasteHollywoodFlocksAcquired Taste Author:Shawn Amos
“The power and depth of Japanese acting certainly inspired me, so I was determined that Hollywood was going to get a taste of that, that Americans were going to get a taste of Japanese action.” ActionActingTasteHollywoodDepthInspiredDetermined Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“Its big men are mostly little men with fancy offices and a lot of money. A great many of them are stupid little men, with reach-me-down brains, small-town arrogance and a sort of animal knack of smelling out the taste of the stupidest part of the public. They have played in luck so long that they have come to mistake luck for enlightenment." - on Hollywood” MenLittlesLongBigsAnimalMistakeBrainStupidTasteOfficeEnlightenmentHollywoodTownsLuckArroganceFancyLots Of MoneySmall TownKnackLittle ManStupidest Author:Raymond Chandler
“The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.” WantWantedJobsActorsChanceInfluenceTasteHollywoodCompromiseImpressedChances AreWaiterSlimMovie Actors Author:Gary Sinise
“Hollywood, young or otherwise, is a very trend-driven town, and that can get a little out of hand at times. I just try to stay true to my own personal taste - incorporating my personality while not taking myself too seriously.” TryingLittlesHandsYoungMy OwnPersonalityTasteHollywoodTownsDrivenTrendsStay TrueIncorporatingPersonal Taste Author:Skylar Astin