Hollywood Quotes

Small: Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and its up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preach
"Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally"
Alexander Payne, Director
Small: In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally
W. Somerset Maugham
"In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood
David Hockney
"Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood"
David Hockney, Artist
Small: In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time
Will Rogers
"In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time"
Will Rogers, Actor
Small: Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood
"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner"
Walt Disney, Cartoonist
Small: I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself
Jack Nicholson
"I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself"
Jack Nicholson, Actor
Small: Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politic
"Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that"
Lyn Nofziger
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: I dont want to be in Terminator. I dont want to go to Hollywood
"I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood"
Eric Cantona, Athlete
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: 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 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: 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: After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasnt a tourist
"After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist"
Edgar Bergen, Actor
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: 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: 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 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: Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets
"Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood"
Erica Jong, Novelist
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: Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God
"Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God"
Erica Jong, Novelist
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: I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. Theyre beautiful. Everybodys plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be p
Andy Warhol
"I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic"
Andy Warhol, Artist
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: 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: 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: I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. Thats what our purpose is in this business. Youre mer
Megan Fox
"I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded"
Megan Fox, Actress
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: 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: 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