“The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'” YearsLastsActorsAsksWinningMonthsHollywoodTwelveLast YearOscars Author:Cliff Robertson
“I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest?” WantTryingWellsFilmActorsWinningHollywoodWhy NotPopularityContestsGood ActorsPopularity Contest Author:Roger Moore
“...we do not simply get showered with Hollywood money because we happened to write a little story about wizards one day. It's not winning the lottery. It's a real job, which real people do, and they have the same real problems as other real people.” PeopleWritingLittlesRealStoriesProblemRealityJobsWinningCommunityWorkMoneyHappenedOne DayHollywoodIdeologyWizardsLotteryReal ProblemsReal JobsWinning The Lottery Author:Joanne Harris
“I think that winning the battle in Hollywood is a necessary condition to winning the culture war.” ThinkingWarCultureWinningConditionsBattleHollywood Author:Jason Jones
“I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they called me to come in to try out for the show. The chances of me getting on a TV show and winning it is like one-in-a-million. I had only been doing comedy for six years at that point, so I was basically considered an open mic-er or maybe a feature act once in awhile.” TryingYearsShowsWinningChanceMillionsComedyTvsSixHollywoodWestComicFeaturesDesksTv ShowsClosetsShockedMicsOne In A MillionWest Hollywood Author:Dat Phan
“I think even the Hollywood money people are saying they've got to get the party back from the Clinton wing. They can't, you know, keep nominating these Northeast liberals. They have to look for people who can win.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksWinningPartyHollywoodWingsClintonNominating Author:Maureen Dowd
“It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me as a kid. I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.” ShowsKidsCultureWinningParentWatchesHollywoodEntertainmentPopsListsAwardsOscarsPop CultureCaptivatedAward Shows Author:Billy Eichner
“The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.” PeopleWinningHollywoodPresidentialNbaAwardsBowlsChampionshipAcademySuper BowlInaugurationAcademy AwardsNba Championships Author:Cheo Hodari Coker
“'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.” MeanWinningFailingHollywoodPizzaSalmonPeakingSmoked Salmon Author:Roseanne Barr
“I grew up in a house where my father went on auditions, and he got some and he lost some, and there were good years and lean years. I didn't expect anything from the business, and that's often a danger in Hollywood, the notion that if you're pretty and have white teeth and just show up for the game then you'll win.” IfsYearsShowsFatherGamesHouseWinningLostWhiteDangerGrewGrew UpHollywoodNotionTeethAuditionsYou Re PrettyGood YearsWhite Teeth Author:Chris Pine