“I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when i first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.” FirstsTermRolesWorstDirectorsHollywoodEndureDiscriminationProducersMexicanRacial DiscriminationWorst Times Author:Salma Hayek
“I don't make movies. I don't feel that I have to have artistic control. Part of this comes from the fact that the book lives on no matter what Hollywood does to your novel in terms of a film. Now, you try to be careful who you allow to do your film because nobody wants their novel to become a turkey movie. But, on the other hand, it is a crapshot anyway, because even the best people can make a bad film.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingDoeBookMatterFactsHandsFilmTermNovelHollywoodNo Matter WhatCarefulArtisticBe CarefulTurkeys Author:Stephen King
“For me, trying to expand the energy to make one movie in Hollywood would be the equivalent in terms of energy to making 10 movies in Japan.” TryingWould BeEnergyTermHollywoodJapan Author:Takashi Miike
“France can compete with the Hollywood studios in terms of animation savoir-faire, but not in terms of box-office figures. France is a small country, and the Americans are the masters of the world - for cinema, it's true.” WorldCountryTermFiguresMastersOfficeHollywoodBoxesStudiosFranceCinemaAnimationBox OfficeSmall CountriesHollywood StudiosSavoir Faire Author:Michel Ocelot
“I met Jon Lovett, who was just coming off of three years of being a presidential speech writer and had just arrived here to be a comedy writer in Hollywood. I thought he was super green, in terms of this world, but he knows so much about the world that we're attempting to write about.” KnowsWorldWritingYearsThreeTermComedyThis WorldMetsSpeechHollywoodGreenPresidentialThree YearsAttempting Author:Josh Gad
“Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies.” PeopleIfsShowsTermResponsibilityMoralCreativeHollywoodArguingSmokingCensorshipThreateningCreative PeopleMoral Responsibility Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Hollywood was set up by a bunch of businessmen. They do not see their job as being philanthropists. I don't think it's a contradiction in terms to attempt to be a good businessman and to also be liberal.” ThinkingJobsTermHollywoodBunchContradictionBusinessmanPhilanthropistGood Business Author:Sydney Pollack
“Hollywood is definitely now embracing a more natural approach to beauty. Staying "youthful-looking" is old news. The ubiquitous term "anti-aging" has become meaningless. Women today want to look like a more revitalized version of themselves. The bottom line is we all want to be natural. I am seeing an increasing number of people who want to match the products they use every day to a more natural, healthy lifestyle.” PeopleWantLooksUseTodayTermNaturalLinesNumbersSeeingProductsHealthyApproachNewsHollywoodAgingBottomLifestyleVersionsStayingMeaninglessBottom LineHealthy LifestyleOld News Author:Sophie Heyman Uliano
“There you see how absurd the reactions of the so-called markets are. For a long time, Italy was run by one of the most unprofessional politicians anywhere. But there wasn't much pressure in terms of speculation. Now, in Mario Monti, Italy has the kind of leader you usually only get in Hollywood movies, a distinguished professor who won't even accept a cook at his residence, the Palazzo Chigi. Instead Monti's wife cooks their pasta herself - and this is the man the markets don't trust.” MenKindLongRunningTermLeaderAcceptingWifeHe ManPoliticianLong TimeHollywoodPressureReactionsAbsurdCooksProfessorsSpeculationDistinguishedDon't TrustPastaResidenceHollywood MoviesMario Author:Martin Schulz
“Growing up in the U.S., I was certainly deeply aware of the power of American media, specifically Hollywood and television, in terms of broadcasting a particular vision of what the American experience was like. As someone coming from a war that was a preoccupation of Americans in the 1980s, it did strike me that since we were a part of that war, we should have a chance to talk about ourselves.” ShouldWarTermChanceVisionGrowing UpGrowingMediaTelevisionParticularShould HaveHollywoodStrikesPreoccupationBroadcastingAmerican Media Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing.” PeopleTryingFilmTermBreakIndustryHollywoodEnglandGood ThingsBad ThingsOpennessAppetiteSuspicionFilm Industry Author:Christopher Nolan
“Hollywood movies are designed for 15-year-old youths from North Dakota who, intellectually speaking, are on equal terms with a British zoo animal.” YearsTermAnimalYouthEqualHollywoodBritishZoosDakotaHollywood MoviesNorth Dakota Author:Jeremy Clarkson
“This country's crazy in terms of fame and what people think it means. They expect a writer to be something between a Hollywood starlet and the village idiot.” PeopleThinkingMeanCountryTermCrazyFameHollywoodIdiotVillageStarletsVillage Idiots Author:Kent Haruf
“I don't think I'm kind of universally known. I think in the indie world I'm probably better known than in some mainstream Hollywood terms.” ThinkingWorldKindTermKnownHollywoodMainstream Author:Steve Coogan