“Have you ever taken a sober look at any of the mutants who run these Hollywood-gossip sites? What a crew! None of them could ever, ever be stars, which is why they're always trying to "take the piss" from those they envy.” TryingLooksRunningStarsTakenHollywoodEnvyGossipSiteCrewSoberAlways TryingMutants Author:Jim Goad
“My goal is to try to weaponize the American people, try to weaponize the conservative movement, try to weaponize the underground conservative Hollywood movement, to weaponize as many people in the center-right country to try to rectify a generation-plus long problem that has been absolute media bias, absolute media used by the Democratic Party as a tool to defeat conservatives.” PeopleTryingLongHas BeensCountryProblemUsedGoalPartyGenerationsMediaMovementToolsHollywoodAbsolutesDemocraticDefeatConservativePlusBiasDemocratic PartyMedia BiasRectify Author:Andrew Breitbart
“In 1996 or 1997, out of nowhere, Fox News comes on and it's on channel 360 on Direct TV, and out of 300 million Americans, on every single night, anywhere from 3 to 5 million watch it, we're talking about at no more than 2 percent of the American public is watching Fox at any given moment. Yet, ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, the institutional left, CNN, MSNBC, the record companies, Hollywood, all seem to be committed towards aligning their minds and their money and their other resources to try to shut up Fox News.” TryingMindMomentsSeemsNightLeftGivenCompanyTalkingWatchesMillionsRecordsNew YorkTvsNewsPercentResourcesDirectHollywoodCommittedShut UpFoxesNew York TimesRecord CompaniesCnnFox NewsNbc Author:Andrew Breitbart
“I think every filmmaker in Europe would be lying if they didn't say one day they just wanted to make a movie here in Hollywood or at least try it. It's very different from European filmmaking, because here it's like a real industry. It's very much about money and making money, which I think is fine, because it's very expensive to make movies.” IfsThinkingTryingDifferentRealWould BeWantedLyingFineIndustryOne DayEuropeHollywoodMaking MoneyFilmmakerExpensiveFilmmaking Author:Baran Odar
“I'm very pessimistic about that, no matter how hard we may try. The Chinese market is huge, but out of last year's $2 billion box office, $1.8 billion was taken in by foreign movies, and just $200 million by our own movies, no matter how much we have learned of their techniques, or their good practices. The Hollywood movies imported into China are all good movies; does the U.S. make lousy movies? Yes, too many lousy movies, but the imports are good films, so how can they not be box office hits? They're all hits.” TryingYearsMayDoeMatterHardLastsFilmPracticeMillionsTakenHugeOfficeHollywoodBoxesChinaTechniqueBillionsChineseLast YearPessimisticGood MovieImportsBox OfficeGood FilmsHollywood Movies Author:Jackie Chan
“I went from a naive, regular girl in high school to trying to realize my dream. When my family moved from the East Coast to California, I thought in my little brain, "Wow, I'm going to Hollywood. I could actually make this happen." It was easier for me to think it's possible living in a place like Los Angeles than trying to do it in suburban Maryland.” ThinkingTryingLittlesDreamHappensSchoolGirlRealizingBrainEasierHigh SchoolMy FamilyHollywoodMovedEastCaliforniaLos AngelesWowCoastNaiveEast CoastMaryland Author:Joan Jett
“Playing what Hollywood determines is a hero, it immediately sets actors up to feel like they just can't explore the dark parts of themselves - the character has to be likeable, has to be fuckable, has to be redemptive on all fronts. When you're playing a character that's just inherently destructive or messed up, you're given this beautiful permission to try things. There's a license to fail.” FeelsTryingCharacterBeautifulActorsGivenDarkFailingFrontsHeroHollywoodDetermineDestructivePermissionLicenseMessed UpLikeable Author:Jordan Gavaris
“What I'm really trying to do is recreate classic Hollywood cinema and classic genre cinema from a woman's point of view. Because most cinema is really made for men, how can you create cinema that's for women without having it be relegated to a ghetto of "chick flick" or something like that?” MenTryingMadeViewsHollywoodPoint Of ViewGenreCinemaClassicChicksGhettoChick Flick Author:Anna Biller
“I was this Swedish kid who came over here to study engineering, but I got into movies, and suddenly I'm in this 'Rocky' picture with Sylvester Stallone. And then the movie comes out, and it's a big hit, and I'm famous. Like, world famous. I wasn't thinking of ruling Hollywood; I was thinking of just trying to make it to the next day, trying to figure out what the hell happened.” ThinkingWorldTryingBigsKidsNextHellStudyHappenedFiguresHollywoodEngineeringNext DayRulingSwedishWorld Famous Author:Dolph Lundgren
“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
“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
“In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.” ThinkingWayTryingReasonEnoughArtistForgetTechnologyToo MuchComputerHollywoodCopiesAnimationGood MoviePixarComputer Animation Author:Tim Burton
“I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It's very unusual in Hollywood. Few people are trustworthy - a handshake means nothing to them. They feel they're required to keep an agreement with you only if you're successful or they need you.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsTryingMeanLongMillionsSuccessfulHonorCostLong TimeHollywoodDollarsAgreementUnusualNeed YouTrustworthyHandshake Author:James Cameron
“I'm an actress, I live in L.A., I work in Hollywood. But I've learned that if you're too skinny, they'll say something about it. If you're not skinny enough, they'll say something about it. I just try to feel good in my own skin as much as I can.” IfsFeelsTryingI CanEnoughMy OwnBeautyHollywoodSkinsActressesFeel GoodI've LearnedSkinny Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors know each other and cling to each other for safety and support, and it's really a completely different vibe than the men experience out here, where they're all trying to murder each other.” KnowsMenTryingDifferentSupportNiceDirectorsHollywoodMurderSafetyBeing A WomanNice Things Author:Diablo Cody
“I lived in Hollywood and, ironically, I didn't know you could just go out and get an agent and go on auditions and try and become an actor, I thought it was like a Masonic thing, like a blood line you had to belong to – until I was 13. Then I realised what you had to do. It is the one thing I know I want to do for the rest of my life.” KnowsWantTryingActorsLinesOne ThingBloodGoes OnHollywoodAgentsAuditionsRealisedMasonic Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy.” TryingFantasyHollywoodFocusedStay Focused Author:Jennifer Connelly
“Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?” TryingFilmLinesHollywoodAll TimeClassicMovieHelloInstituteBest TimesSeducingGreat AmericanAll The BestGreat FilmMovie TheaterHollywood MoviesAmerican MovieLove FilmsAmerican FilmGreat YearHollywood FilmsInstitutesYou Re The BestGreatest MovieAll Time Best MovieMisquotingAll Time BestFilms And MoviesSaying HelloClassic MovieMemorable MovieAll Time GreatestClassic FilmsQuoting MoviesMovie LinesOne Line MovieQuotable Movie1984 MovieField Of DreamsAmerican LanguageApollo 13 Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing, I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.” ThinkingWantTryingOughtHollywood Author:Ellen Page
“I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress.” WayTryingKindCharacterSleepDirectorsHollywoodDressesAssumingAwful Author:Stacey Dash
“I can't really remember my life without movies... [Growing up in Hollywood] is no different really. I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get better at what I want to do, just like other kids are trying to get better at what they want to do.” WayWantTryingI CanDifferentPlayKidsRememberGrowing UpGrowingLessonsHollywoodPianoGet BetterTennisPiano Lesson Author:Elle Fanning
“The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there is that Hollywood is an Oriental city. As long as you do that, you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else, you'll perish.” IfsTryingLongMightRememberCitiesOne ThingHollywood Author:Olivia de Havilland
“I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.” TryingBelieveLongNightI BelieveInterestCareersHorrorModelsHollywoodOne NightParadesOne Night Stand Author:Natasha Henstridge
“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