Hollywood Quotes
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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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Because someone stole Gregory Peck's star on Hollywood Blvd., I have hired a Brink's guard to protect my star!
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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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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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Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.
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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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There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.
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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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My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.
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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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I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking of studying architecture instead.
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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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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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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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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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People are surprised when Hollywood characters act the way a real person would.
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In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture.
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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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Hollywood is a world all its own.
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I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me, my ambition is not to be typecast. So I'm working on my English accent, as well as my American one. I don't want to be like 'Okay, I'm French, and I want to succeed in Hollywood!'
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I'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips.
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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 called Hollywood, but holly doesn't grow there. Right from the start it's based on a lie. But it's a very seductive lie, and we're still entranced by it.
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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."
