“I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.” TalentYouthMaterialsPerfectionHollywoodClaimsLays Author:Juliet Stevenson
“[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.” YouthHollywoodMovieFilmmakingCardinalsCardinal Rules Author:Lynda Obst
“Youth and nepotism, the twin horsemen of Hollywood!” YouthHollywoodTwinsHorsemenNepotism Book:High Fall Source: High Fall
“Hollywood is still the cradle of many myths, including the one of eternal youth. I find it odd that the very notion of desire, when applied to a woman over 40, is turned into a pathology or a mockery in a number of films. But Hollywood is not the only place to blame, by far. This is just a rendition, possibly magnified by the power of movies, of a general state of things, social, cultural and political.” StillsStatesFilmPoliticalDesireSocialNumbersYouthEternalHollywoodBlameNotionIncludingMythOddCradleMockeryPathologyEternal Youth Author:Anne Fontaine
“Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.” DifferentYouthOfficeProjectsLateHollywoodBoxesCorporateMentality80sBox OfficeDifferent Mentality Author:Marlee Matlin
“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
“Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.” GrowingYouthEasierFameHollywoodSuicidePassingPassingsAcceptableGrowing OldSanctuaryOld HollywoodGrowing Old Gracefully Author:Julie Burchill
“There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn; and here come tired youths and maids that feign to love or sin in tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tin.” LoveBornSinStreetsYouthHollywoodTiredToneTunesEmpiresTimelessMidnightBladesMaidsRazorsTinSmitten Author:Rudyard Kipling