Hollywood Quotes

Small: Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. Im not sure wha
"Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up"
Tyler Perry, Actor
Small: It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week
"It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week"
Tyler Perry, Actor
Small: I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to b
"I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here"
Kim Novak, Actress
Small: I never took to Hollywood
"I never took to Hollywood"
Kathleen Turner, Actress
Small: I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I dont understand Hollywood
"I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood"
Kathleen Turner, Actress
Small: Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism
Bette Davis
"Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism"
Bette Davis, Actress
Small: At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students wou
"At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia"
Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist
Small: I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the
"I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the crew were very good and the fact that we shot in LA in the real Hollywood, studios and houses. We shot in the bed of Mary Pickford, and you cannot be any more accurate than that, so that helped a lot"
Michel Hazanavicius, Director
Small: Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe Ive seen more Hollywood movies than French movies
"Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies"
Michel Hazanavicius, Director
Small: I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that
"I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use"
Michel Hazanavicius, Director
Small: Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet
"Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet"
Michel Hazanavicius, Director
Small: Working in Hollywood can be tumultuous, with incredible highs and lows and you need to be grounded
"Working in Hollywood can be tumultuous, with incredible highs and lows and you need to be grounded"
Douglas Wood, Writer
Small: Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true
"Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true"
Douglas Wood, Writer
Small: Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I
"Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that"
Zhang Ziyi, Actress
Small: This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl
"This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl"
Mahalia Jackson, Musician
Small: I dont think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and t
Angelina Jolie
"I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts"
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Small: In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isnt working, hes a bum
"In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: In Hollywood, shes revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but Ive never heard anyone in the public or among m
Jennifer Lopez
"In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.'"
Jennifer Lopez, Musician
Small: It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage
"It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage"
Sophia Bush, Actress
Small: Theres this perception sometimes around here that Im this Hollywood guy
"There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy"
Harry Anderson, Actor
Small: It doesnt matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope
"It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope"
Manuel Puig, Author
Small: Im not Hollywood. Im a Quarter Rat. I belong here
"I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here"
Harry Anderson, Actor
Small: Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have 80 million to make movies, and we will have two
"Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down"
Uwe Boll, Director
Small: Hollywood movies are run on fear and they dont want to make bold choices. They, generally, speaking want to ke
Kyra Sedgwick
"Hollywood movies are run on fear and they don't want to make bold choices. They, generally, speaking want to keep things status quo. That's not really interesting for me"
Kyra Sedgwick, Actress
Small: Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess
Kyra Sedgwick
"Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess"
Kyra Sedgwick, Actress
Small: Generally I dont like doing remakes, but I think thats more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally r
"Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: Its not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real li
"It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too"
Candice Bergen, Actress
Small: I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like
Elvis Presley
"I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were"
Elvis Presley, Musician
Small: Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you
"Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it"
Robin Wright Penn, Actress
Small: In Hollywood now when people die they dont say, Did he leave a will? but Did he leave a diary?
"In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'"
Liza Minnelli, Actress
Small: If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better,
"If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come"
Raymond Chandler, Writer
Small: Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process
Leonard Maltin
"Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process"
Leonard Maltin, Critic
Small: In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I dont want to be
David Geffen
"In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player"
David Geffen, Businessman
Small: Broke is a Hollywood term!
David Geffen
"Broke is a Hollywood term!"
David Geffen, Businessman
Small: Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and youll find the real tinsel underneath
"Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath"
Oscar Levant, Composer
Small: I began to think, now is the time. I found quite a lot of opposition in Hollywood about the idea of doing a fi
"I began to think, now is the time. I found quite a lot of opposition in Hollywood about the idea of doing a film musical and we ended up having to buy the rights back. I'm glad we did because it meant John and I were able to make exactly the movie we wanted"
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer
Small: I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood
"I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood"
Robin Wright Penn, Actress
Small: In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk
Rita Rudner
"In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
Small: I wasnt campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So youve got to have a measur
"I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time"
Patrick Stewart, Actor
Small: As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing.
"As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around"
Patrick Stewart, Actor