Hollywood Quotes
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Hollywood is Newark, New Jersey with palm trees.
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I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.
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I usually play character parts in Hollywood films.
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Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make.
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There was a part of me that felt afraid of people in Hollywood going: '**** Hollywood with their total lack of originality!'.
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Real equality in films is going to take time and will directly reflect our society. So ladies, please speak up at home, at work, at school, everywhere. As more women continue to find their place in Hollywood we have to keep pushing for more dynamic and strong women's roles.
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'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!'
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The last thing I want to turn into is a fat Hollywood jerk. I was brought up without much money and I was happy. I don’t think that I will strive for money or success and end up greedy or big-headed. That only leads to unhappiness. I can still be down-to-earth and do this job as long as I enjoy it.
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Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.
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Before you begin working your way into the system, it is imperative that you are ready to be judged. You are only new once. ... You are only ready when you can orchestrate the next move after you have the industry's attention.
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In Hollywood, we have some of the richest unemployed people in the world. They have sun tans. Some of them have chauffeurs in Rolls-Royces waiting outside. They have their golf clubs ready in the car. There is no law that says you cannot play golf while being unemployed.
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Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious.
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Hollywood overstates both the romance of marriage and the prevalence of divorce. Celebrities have divorce rates that are atypical and higher than most couples. I suspect that in celebrity marriages, there are huge egos on both sides and they do seem to encourage unrealistic expectations about falling in love. The problem with our romantic culture is that you can love someone you don't respect and the marriage can run out of gas with that formula. Respect is essential - not just respecting your partner but being sure your partner equally respects you.
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If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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The city, Hollywood and the entertainment industry, it was sort of dehumanizing.
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I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
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Hollywood is a place where if you abide by the rules and laws, you can get depressed. That's why faith and spirituality is a higher law.
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Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood or else you are nothing.
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I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.
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I was coming from a very cerebral, dark, difficult, layered play by Christopher Hampton and doing an action movie in Hollywood (Die Hard) with explosions, and I was holding a gun.
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Isn't Hollywood - and I love movies - a lot of it about a big lie?
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I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood.
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It's a miserable life in Hollywood. You're up at five or six o'clock in the morning to be ready to start shooting at nine.
