“The culture now in television is that the presenter calls the financial and, increasingly, the creative shots. It is comparable to what happened in Hollywood 15 or so years ago.” YearsCultureCreativeHappenedTelevisionShotsYears AgoHollywoodFinancialPresenter Author:Terry Wogan
“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
“If you look at Hollywood today, compared to five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago or 30 years ago, the change from moment to moment has always been extraordinary. It never stops moving.” IfsYearsLooksMomentsTodayMovingFiveYears AgoHollywoodExtraordinaryFive Years Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.” ShouldYearsHas BeensYears AgoGoldShould HaveHollywoodTeethCapsShould Have Been Author:W. C. Fields
“Remember a few years ago when they left Bea Arthur out of the death reel at the Oscars? Bea Arthur! How did they leave Bea Arthur out? She was in Mame; she was in All in the Family; she was in Maude; she was a Golden Girl, for God's sake! Bea was not only one of Hollywood's leading ladies, she was one of Hollywood's leading men!” MenYearsRememberGirlLeftYears AgoHollywoodSakeGoldenOscarsArthurLeading LadiesGolden Girls Author:Joan Rivers
“The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.” YearsReasonBreakYears AgoHollywoodMovedBeachBuddyChairmanHboPublicists Author:Russell Simmons
“The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work, Ideal. I moved to New York and began working on producing the play with my partners. And as a way to raise money to cover some venture debt, we decided to stage Anthem for a limited run at the Lex Theatre in Hollywood.” WayYearsIdeasPlayRunningStageNew YorkIdealsYears AgoDecidedHollywoodTwentiesRaisesMovedProductionsDebtTheatrePartnersVentureAnthemAssisting Author:Jeff Britting
“I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the director needed to have lived the culture of black Americans.” YearsWantedFilmCultureBlackWhiteNeededDirectorsYears AgoHollywoodFenceAugustWilson Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar