Hollywood Quotes

"I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard"

Rachel Ward, Actress

"The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money"

Marlon Brando, Actor

"The first thing I think of when I hear the name of Lucille Ball is a Hollywood legend. I have fond memories of growing up at her house, but she was a different person off the set than she was on the set"

Keith Thibodeaux, Musician

"If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart"

George A. Romero, Director

"Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch"

Jason Patric, Actor

"Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors"

Walter Winchell, Journalist

"My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood"

Kurtis Blow, Musician

"There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me"

Jill Bennett, Actress

"If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!"

Helen Reddy, Actress

"Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it"

Jason Patric, Actor

"Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation"

Walter Winchell, Journalist

"Every citizen in every country in the world now grows up in two nations. Their own and Hollywood"

Nick Mancuso, Actor

"A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific"

Nick Mancuso, Actor

"You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth"

Pia Zadora, Actress

"Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability"

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Actress

"That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood"

Warren Beatty, Actor

"People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds"

Liam Neeson, Actor

"Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie"

Jerry Stiller, Comedian

"Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses"

Kevin Nealon, Actor

"I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?"

Brittany Murphy, Actress

"When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset"

Salma Hayek, Actress

"I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the only thing we have to argue about is the way to solve the problems"

Tom Selleck, Actor

"Michael Moore became an industry hero and the most visible symbol of the Hollywood left"

Michael Medved, Journalist

"Corporate Hollywood thinks I'm a geek to go back and do theater. They don't understand why I don't want to be a movie star, why I'm not pursuing Mel Gibson's roles"

William Petersen, Actor

"I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work"

Kristen Stewart, Actress

"It seems the farther away we are from Hollywood, the better the ratings"

Martin Milner, Actor

"The criteria, for me, is movie star. It's Hollywood. Not Somalia"

Steven Cojocaru, Critic

"My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres"

Carol Burnett, Actress

"My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood"

Salma Hayek, Actress

"I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening"

Brittany Murphy, Actress

"Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully"

Julie Burchill, Journalist

"The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles"

Steve Guttenberg, Actor

"In Hollywood you just fail upwards"

Kevin Smith, Director

"Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place"

John Schlesinger, Director

"Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor"

Walter Hill, Director

"Hollywood looks to these young people now to say something to the world. I have nothing against that, I think a lot of people have things to say. But I think you need life experience"

Sasha Alexander, Actress

"It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!"

Naomi Watts, Actress

"If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will"

Naomi Watts, Actress

"In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it"

Scott Caan, Actor

"If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas"

Ricky Williams, Athlete

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