“I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.” ThinkingGivingChildrenIdeasCharacterEvilDarkTraditionHollywoodDishonorableEvil Characters Author:Tilda Swinton
“Doing a film with your friend is probably the best way to end that friendship but we worked together really well. We just have that thing. Chemistry is something that... I just think it is the last thing in Hollywood, the last magical thing they haven't computerised. There's nothing you can do about it - it's either there or it's not and it doesn't matter if you're friends or not. It was just a bonus that we were.” IfsThinkingWayWellsEndsMatterTogetherLastsFilmCan DoHavensHollywoodBest WayChemistryBonus Author:Ryan Reynolds
“I think Hollywood has always, you know, there's always been glamour associated to it. And especially in the last ten years there has been a growing sort of obsession with celebrity life and celebrity culture.” ThinkingKnowsYearsHas BeensLastsCultureGrowingTenHollywoodObsessionGlamourCelebrity CultureCelebrity Life Author:Debra Messing
“Well I would say that, you know, I agree in part with that it [The Starter Wife] is fantasy and it is a romp in that, you know, the comedy stems from shining a light on the sort of more extreme aspects of the Hollywood culture. So, you know, anytime you turn up the gas, so to speak, on the stove and make things more extreme it becomes funny. But I do think that, you know, the other half of the show is absolutely relatable and that's been an important goal of ours.” ThinkingKnowsWellsImportantShowsLightTurnsCultureSpeakGoalHalfFantasyComedyAspectHollywoodAgreeShiningExtremesGasStemRelatableOther HalfStoves Author:Debra Messing
“I think Hollywood has gone in a disastrous path. It's terrible. The years of cinema that were great were the '30s, '40s, not so much the '50s...but then the foreign films took over and it was a great age of cinema as American directors were influenced by them and that fueled the '50s and '60s and '70s.” ThinkingYearsAgeFilmGonePathTerribleDirectorsHollywoodCinema Author:Woody Allen
“There's going to be no more digital enhancements or digital additions to anything based on any film I direct. I'm not going to do any corrections digitally to even wires that show... If 1941 comes on Blu-ray I'm not going to go back and take the wires out because the Blu-ray will bring the wires out that are guiding the airplane down Hollywood Blvd. At this point right now I think letting movies exist in the era, with all the flaws and all of the flourishes, is a wonderful way to mark time and mark history.” IfsThinkingWayShowsFilmWonderfulRight NowDirectHollywoodMarkErasDigitalFlawsRaysAirplaneWireCorrectionsEnhancement Author:Steven Spielberg
“When the script for 'The Wrestler' kept coming to me I said, This movie is so good if you put me in the film as a wrestler people are going to say, 'No credibility, Hulk Hogan isn't a good actor,' whatever Hollywood thinks of me.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidFilmActorsHollywoodScriptsCredibilityThink Of MeGood ActorsWrestler Author:Hulk Hogan
“For a woman to direct a movie in Hollywood, she has to go through so many layers of rejection by the powers that be - I suppose including myself - that it is harder to get to that point. So you can't just create something. And I think there is a whole unconscious mountain.” ThinkingWholeMountainDirectHollywoodHarderIncludingRejectionUnconsciousLayers Author:Amy Pascal
“I do think there's a smaller audience that's looking for something that's a little more adult and a little more nuanced [than many Hollywood movies]. At the same time, I think everyone who's making movies hopes to appeal to the widest audience possible.” ThinkingLittlesAudienceAdultsHollywoodAppealsHollywood Movies Author:Joe Swanberg
“I grew up interested in the underside of Hollywood, which I think David Lynch does really well.” ThinkingWellsDoeGrewGrew UpHollywood Author:Mary Harron
“I've never considered myself to be naturally funny and it wasn't until I booked my first few jobs in Hollywood that I started thinking, "I guess I'm funny."” ThinkingFirstsJobsHollywood Author:Erick Chavarria
“Hollywood's thinking is very typical. And it's just really predictable too. And I think at Hollywood, these box office movies are flopping. I mean, there hasn't been an original thought coming out of Hollywood since the '80s.” ThinkingMeanOfficeHollywoodOriginalsBoxesComing OutTypical80sPredictableBox OfficeOriginal ThoughtFlopping Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Let's be honest, I don't think anyone ever wants to settle down in Hollywood - it's a place you go to work. And once you've hit it, you get out of there as soon as you can. It's definitely not a place you want to get married and have kids.” ThinkingWantKidsHonestMarriedHollywoodBeing HonestSettlingSettling DownPlaces You Go Author:Sophie Monk
“I think that winning the battle in Hollywood is a necessary condition to winning the culture war.” ThinkingWarCultureWinningConditionsBattleHollywood Author:Jason Jones
“I don't feel so strongly against remakes, but if I don't like it, I guess I just don't do it. It is what it is. Hollywood is driven by the financial system, so if they think that it has a brand and people are going to go see it because it's a recognizable property, they're going to remake it.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsHollywoodPropertyFinancialDrivenBrandsRemakesIt Is What It IsFinancial System Author:James Wan
“I think anybody who tries to follow the conventional Hollywood rule, will probably be better liked than the ones who try to think a little bit out of the box.” ThinkingTryingLittlesBitsLittle BitHollywoodBoxesConventional Author:Bruno Zheng Wu
“I personally think that Hollywood agencies ought to play a much better role in the development of Chinese films. Otherwise they're missing out on a lot of opportunities.” ThinkingPlayFilmOpportunityRolesMissingDevelopmentOughtHollywoodChineseAgencyMissing Out Author:Bruno Zheng Wu
“In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.” PeopleThinkingFactsBigsDifferencesMediaColorHollywoodNew Media Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“The factors that laid low so whooping and puissant an empire as the old Hollywood are many. I can think of a score, including the barbarian hordes of Television. But there is one that stands out for me in the post-mortem.... The factor had to do with the basis of movie-making: 'Who shall be in charge of telling the story.'” ThinkingI CanStoriesTelevisionLowsHollywoodBasesIncludingFactorsPostsScoreEmpiresStanding OutBarbariansHordeMovie MakingOld Hollywood Author:Ben Hecht
“Hollywood is about playing the game, and I can't think of any successful actresses who didn't play the game. There's a lot more renegades in the music business, from Patti Smith to Janis Joplin.” ThinkingI CanPlayGamesSuccessfulHollywoodActressesMusic BusinessRenegades Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Friends come in herds and they leave in herds. Hollywood loves an adventure, but you have to hit bottom. Then they love to save you and be a part of it. Or think they're a part of it.” ThinkingAdventureHollywoodBottomHerds Author:Burt Reynolds
“If Hollywood and Bollywood were how we all lived our lives, that would surprise me. And yet it's often the way our cultures are conveyed, isn't it?” PeopleIfsThinkingWayBeautifulCultureFightingWatchesOur LivesTvsClothesHollywoodIndiaSurpriseDramaticOur TimeAsiaHappy EndingsSurprise MeBollywoodDramatic Life Author:Hillary Clinton
“It's immoral to parent irresponsibly... And it doesn't help matters any when prime time tv, like "Murphy Brown", a character who is supposed to represent a successful career woman of today, mocks the importance of the father by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another "lifestyle choice." Marriage is probably the best anti-poverty program there is... Even though our cultural leaders in Hollywood, network TV, the national newspapers routinely jeer at [such values] I think most of us in this room know that some things are good, and other things are wrong.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenMatterCharacterHelpingTodayValuesChoicesFatherParentRoomsLeaderCareersPovertySuccessfulTvsCallingProgramHollywoodImportanceLifestyleNewspapersBrownPrimeImmoralMurphyCareer WomenSuccessful CareerPrime TimeLifestyle ChoicesMurphy Brown Author:Dan Quayle
“Hollywood industry people are very spoiled. I don't think they can adjust to the insane, no-money, super-hard working tradition of Japanese filmmaking. I don't think any American can go through that. They don't want to work more than twelve hours and they want Saturday and Sunday off.” PeopleThinkingWantHardHoursHard WorkIndustryTraditionHollywoodInsaneSundayTwelveFilmmakingSaturdayNo MoneySpoiledSaturday And Sunday Author:Ryuhei Kitamura
“I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.” PeopleIfsThinkingSeemsActorsOne ThingHollywoodGreat Work Author:Ben Affleck
“I just think my family is so normal, but no one wants to accept that. I find my family to be normal because there's an understanding of what every job entails. And it is a job. It's not this fantasy that Hollywood and movies are all glitter and stardust.” ThinkingWantJobsUnderstandingAcceptingFantasyNormalMy FamilyHollywoodGlitterStardust Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“I like to break down barriers and I think that Hollywood is doing the same thing over and over. I want to do something new and say, "Let's evolve as artists!"” ThinkingWantArtistBreakHollywoodEvolveBarriersSomething NewBreaking Down Author:Gina Carano
“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's a lot of actors I think that appear so much more together as the characters they portray as opposed to the actual people, so I know I've said this before: Hollywood's not a place where you're rewarded for growing up.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSaidCharacterTogetherActorsGrowing UpGrowingHollywood Author:Ryan Reynolds
“I think it's pretty obvious that women's stories are not necessarily being told in Hollywood and women are not necessarily being put in the leadership positions they deserve in mainstream film.” ThinkingStoriesFilmPositionDeserveHollywoodObviousMainstream Author:Diablo Cody
“I think that if Hollywood has a problem, it constantly underestimates the intelligence and integrity of fans. You can be passionate about a show, but I don't think that people are obsessed to the point where it's so manic that they lose themselves and they lose a sense of their center of morality.” PeopleIfsThinkingShowsProblemLosesFansMoralityIntegrityHollywoodPassionateObsessedUnderestimateManic Author:Matthew Davis
“I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantCharacterStoriesBigsCertainApproachTrainingHollywoodIndependentImportant ThingsPreparedDetailsBudgetsBe PreparedMisconceptionHollywood Movies Author:Olga Kurylenko
“I've always been kind of picky because I've always been interested in lots of different things. I chose to take three years off and go to school, and that helped keep me sane. Hollywood can make you crazy, if all you're thinking about is your next job.” IfsThinkingYearsKindDifferentSchoolJobsThreeNextCrazyHollywoodDifferent ThingsThree YearsSanePicky Author:Jordana Brewster
“I don't think the film is going to work for everybody, period. It wasn't meant to be done for everybody. I didn't four quadrant this movie, like Hollywood did. I knew it was a very specific audience that was there. We're also taking a shot in the dark.” ThinkingDoneFilmDarkAudienceFourPeriodsShotsHollywoodMeant To BeGoing To Work Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“I think Hollywood is cleverer than you think. I'm not sure they will do it. I don't think so, but maybe I'm wrong. When we were doing the preparation of the movie, we didn't have all the money so we were looking for all the solutions possible, and 3D was one option.” ThinkingSolutionsHollywoodPreparationNot Sure Author:Michel Hazanavicius
“The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.” ThinkingShouldFilmActorsIndividualMillionsIssuesHeardTeamTalentHavensNew YorkOfficeHollywoodThirdsAthleteBoxesRevengeCorporationsOwnersLots Of MoneyYankeesSalaryPenniesZealAlexOutrageNew York YankeesKevinBox OfficePopulistCeltic Author:Linda Chavez
“I have always firmly believed that every director should be judged solely by their work, and not by their work based on their gender. Hollywood is supposedly a community of forward thinking and progressive people yet this horrific situation for women directors persists. Gender discrimination stigmatizes our entire industry. Change is essential. Gender neutral hiring is essential.” PeopleThinkingShouldCommunitySituationIndustryDirectorsEssentialsHollywoodGenderDiscriminationProgressiveJudgedPersistHiringHorrificForward ThinkingGender GapGender Discrimination Author:Kathryn Bigelow
“When you're in Hollywood, you get sort of jaded about what you think the sense of humor of Hollywood is supposed to be, so you can't think outside the box.” ThinkingHollywoodBoxesSupposed To BeSense Of HumorJadedOutside The BoxThink Outside The Box Author:Diedrich Bader
“At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.” ThinkingActorsActingHollywoodPressesDinnerActressesAgentsAwardsAcademyAcademy AwardsActors And Actresses Author:Bob Hope
“I think that Hollywood is sort of guilty of having a moral blind eye on this subject. While at the same time, you know, being involved in a lot of liberal causes and being involved very militantly, Hollywood is, in fact, guilty of helping to addict people to smoke.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFactsHelpingEyeCausesMoralSubjectsInvolvedHollywoodBlindGuiltySmokeAddictBlind Eyes Author:Joe Eszterhas
“is grey, and I like that about all the characters, the killer, the driver... the movie has a very unlikely Hollywood ending, at the same time it helps you for a sequel too. Those are the things that I think are attractive, it's more, its real life, and people can identify with it and it just grounds it to a certain degree. That's the reason why.” PeopleThinkingRealReasonCharacterHelpingCertainDegreesHollywoodReal LifeReason WhyAttractiveDriversKillersGreyUnlikelySequels Author:George Tillman, Jr.
“When we wrapped Resident Evil, we were a 3D movie, but it was no big deal. And then, Avatar came out and the whole of Hollywood was like, "Look at these grosses! 3D is huge. Let's all be 3D!" We just got on with doing what we were doing, which was making what we think is a really quality, kick-ass 3D movie, and we'll really be the first live-action 3D movie of the year.” ThinkingYearsFirstsLooksWholeBigsActionEvilDealsQualityHugeHollywoodAssKicksBig DealResidentsKick AssResident Evil Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person. And there are other parts where you would like to think that you have nothing in common with those characters, but you probably do have more than you think.” PeopleThinkingPersonsPlayCharacterCertainCommonHollywoodWho You AreReally Beautiful Author:Carla Gugino
“All these kids in Hollywood, the people born and raised out here, their parents are all in show business, and that's why I think we're good. That's why we're on top of the game now because we were born in it.” PeopleThinkingShowsKidsGamesParentBornHollywoodRaisedShow BusinessBorn And Raised Author:Pauly Shore
“I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for films. I never studied. There are film and music school that teach you how to write music. I never studied that. But the influence of opera, which is a combination of storyline, visuals, staging, plus music... that was perhaps the best school I could have had. That's what gave me the idea of coming to Hollywood to write music for films.” ThinkingWritingIdeasReasonSchoolFilmYoungTeachFiveInfluenceHollywoodCombinationVisualsPlusOperaStorylineStagingBest SchoolFilm And Music Author:Lalo Schifrin
“They say that in Hollywood one can't be honest, but I think honesty counts in Hollywood just as much as it does anywhere else. I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.” ThinkingDoeToo MuchTroubleHonestHonestyHollywoodBeing Honest Author:Bette Davis
“There isn't any question that Hollywood is profit driven. Anybody that thinks it isn't is a fool. It's a business. Hollywood was never philanthropy. The only purpose it had was making money; the only purpose it still has is to make money.” ThinkingStillsPurposeFoolHollywoodProfitDrivenMaking MoneyPhilanthropy Author:Sydney Pollack
“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
“With the pay gap in Hollywood, I think it's very easy to say - 'oh, what are they complaining for? They're making millions of dollars.' But by having a woman in the industry do this, it's easier for others to see it.” ThinkingEasyPayMillionsIndustryEasierHollywoodDollarsComplainingGapsPay Gap Author:Debby Ryan
“I live in the Hollywood Hills. When I see a cop driving around there, I actually assume that he has my best interests at heart and that he has the best interests of my property at heart. I think if you'd go to Pasadena, they'd say the same thing. And I think if you knocked on doors in Glendale and asked them, they'd say the same thing.” IfsThinkingHeartInterestDoorsHollywoodAssumingPropertyDrivingHillsCopBest Interests At HeartPasadenaHollywood Hills Author:Quentin Tarantino