“There's nothing really original. Alien was a B-movie. Five directors passed on it before me. Because I was into Heavy Metal, I read it, and thought, "Wow, I want to do this." I was on a plane to Hollywood in 22 hours. It was a B-movie and was elevated to an A-plus movie by sheer good taste.” WantHoursFiveTasteDirectorsHollywoodOriginalsHeavyAliensPlanesPlusWowMetalsSheerGood TasteHeavy Metal Author:Ridley Scott
“Hollywood. It lacks originality. Remake sucks.' But I had to look deeper into it from my own perspective. We are not trying to compete with the original at all and that's what allowed me to pull the trigger without any hesitancy.” TryingLooksMy OwnPerspectiveHollywoodOriginalsDeeperOriginalityTriggersRemakes Author:Colin Farrell
“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
“What I try to do is reinvigorate strategies and clichés I find in Hollywood movies. At a certain point I had these huge folders, each one classified according to subject matter or genre: people with guns, people kissing, Indians and cowboys falling off horses, getting shot, getting shot with arrows - almost every plot device. Then I cropped the cheap, recycled imagery to give exhausted images new meaning, or at least something other than their original meaning. I'm basically reassembling atoms to give them a meaning that's more au courant.” PeopleGivingTryingMatterCertainFallSubjectsHugeKissingGunShotsHollywoodHorseOriginalsStrategyGenrePlotDevicesAtomsExhaustedCowboyImageryArrowsSubject MatterHollywood MoviesFalling OffRecycledFolders Author:John Baldessari
“I get it that remakes are a drag to hear about. I'm on the Internet all the time. I know what they say. Like there's no original ideas in Hollywood.” KnowsIdeasInternetHollywoodOriginalsDragRemakesOriginal Ideas Author:Michael De Luca
“The original suit was designed by a guy named Mr. Jay from Hollywood. But nowadays I'm having the suit duplicated. At this point I have about three good suits and about three really raggedy ones.” GuyThreeHollywoodOriginalsSuits Author:Paul Reubens
“I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations.” YearsDoneShowsFilmTelevisionCoupleHollywoodOriginalsIncludingFeaturesStaff80sAdaptation Author:George R. R. Martin
“Hollywood still makes things. We still export a couple billion dollars' worth of product overseas. Original, new product. Some people might not agree that it's original or new, but basically it is.” PeopleStillsMightProductsCoupleHollywoodOriginalsAgreeDollarsBillionsNew Products Author:George Clooney
“Hollywood has to start finding more original stuff They've got to start by not depending on, 'What can we churn back out? How can we regurgitate this?' That's why I want to redo the feel of Transformers. That's why I wanted to start with a new cast. You want it to feel fresh, and you want to make it feel different than the other three.” WantFeelsDifferentWantedThreeStuffFindingsHollywoodOriginalsCastsRedos Author:Michael Bay
“Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story meeting with studio executives with no particular ability or actors who haven't even graduated high school telling you exactly how to change your script, you haven't experienced what it's really like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Also, unlike novelists and playwrights, you don't own the copyright on your original material. It hurts when you sell a project you love and then suddenly the project you really cared about will never see the light of day.” WayTryingStoriesLightSchoolActorsHurtAbilityHavensParticularMaterialsTerribleProjectsHigh SchoolHollywoodOriginalsSellsMeetingsScriptsStudiosNovelistsExecutivesIt HurtsPlaywrightScreenwritersCopyrightScreenwriting Author:Amy Holden Jones