Hollywood Quotes
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Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood.
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The political vibe of late-'40s Hollywood through the mid-'50s is something we're seeing a lot of echoes of right now, and in a scary way, where I'm wishing for an Edward R. Murrow to stand up and start somehow calling people on stuff. But as far as the way the industry works, I feel like we're in a place where you see companies slowly moving back to only doing their own stuff.
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It's a lot easier to make a living as a writer in Hollywood than it was probably 10 years ago, though there's still just as many unemployed people in Hollywood as there ever has been, but there's so many more avenues to sell things, because of digital, and Amazon, and Netflix, and all these different platforms. That's crazy and exciting in a creative way, and we'll see where that all stands five years from now. But on the corporate side, I still see that pendulum swinging back in that other direction, which is a little not comforting.
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I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.
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That's not how most of Hollywood does it-which helps to explain why Pixar does so well. How are you changing the game in your field? What is your distinctive take on how your industry operates? Do you work as distinctively as you compete?
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You have to throw yourself into a situation of trust with these things, especially that first day when you don't know someone and you're on a massive Disney Hollywood movie set.
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Hollywood always likes to create a star.
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Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse.
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If Hollywood is the global producer for media products all around the world, that's of concern. If all audiences around the world know of America is what they see from Hollywood, then we're in trouble.
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I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking of studying architecture instead.
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When I first got into this biz called show, I decided I was going to change my name, make it more Hollywood. And you know how you do that? You take your middle name and the first street that you ever lived on. So when I first started, I actually went by Sue Rural Route 2.
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I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998 American Godzilla film, Hollywood didn't understand what Godzilla was.
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In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture.
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Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.
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I think it is important to make sure that I have my real life as well, because Hollywood can certainly seem like an alternate reality sometimes.
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Hollywood was already changing when I went there in 1968. I love American directors. I would love to work for Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese. But they don't need European actresses.
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I'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips.
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I would advice to focus on your craft. Nowadays, a lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.
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I've always said that the greatest racism in Hollywood has to do with what color ink you produce: Black or red.
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People are surprised when Hollywood characters act the way a real person would.
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On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material.
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It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.
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Hollywood is a world all its own.
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It's a very odd thing with Hollywood, where you do stand-up, you're good at it, then they go, "How would you like to be a horrible actor?" Then you say, "All right, that sounds good. I'll do that."
