"Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world"
- Lionel Barrymore
About this Quote
Lionel Barrymore, a popular Hollywood actor, in this quote, implies that the show business of Hollywood is exceedingly driven by the audience's preference for artificiality. He highlights that the audience around the world demands impractical and overstated depiction of things, be it the storyline, visual effects, or characters. The market is forced to cater to this demand and produce material that lacks credibility and realism. It shows the entertainment company's industrial element, which focuses on revenue more than artistic and imaginative worth. This quote enhances the idea that Hollywood's monetary success is not just attributed to the market's skill and imagination however likewise to the audience's preference for ostentatious and synthetic material.
This quote is written / told by Lionel Barrymore between April 28, 1878 and November 15, 1954. He was a famous Actor from USA.
The author also have 4 other quotes.
"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild"
"What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing"
"The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend"
