Hollywood Quotes · Page 82

Unfortunately, in the Hollywood way, respect comes in the form of a trophy a lot of the time.

— Dean Winters

Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.

— Roger Ross Williams

When I was a kid, I used to watch all those Sunday afternoon matinees featuring all the Hollywood greats.

— Anita Dobson

I think we have to work with Hollywood. We have to work in the system and change it.

— Roger Ross Williams

As a woman in Hollywood, you don't always want to be that damsel in distress or that victim.

— Michelle Monaghan

The Harvey Weinstein case showed us that Hollywood is rotten to the core.

— Mike Cernovich

Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the…

— Leonard Slatkin

I think I have been stereotyped as an action director in Hollywood, so all I got were the action scripts.

— John Woo

Paramount Pictures is a perfect partner for Electric Entertainment, with the most stable group of executives in Hollywood and unparalleled global promotion…

— Dean Devlin

I wanted to work in Hollywood. I was captivated by it. I read 'Premiere Magazine' and 'Movieline Magazine' and 'Us' before it…

— Julie Plec

Us and everyone in Hollywood puts so much time and effort and money into getting things to look just right and when…

— Matt Duffer

The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as…

— Robert Kane Pappas

They had taken me to an exhibit called 'Psychiatry: Industry of Death' on Hollywood Boulevard, where a Scientologist told me psychiatrists set…

— John Sweeney

Democrats, the mainstream media, Hollywood elites are so out of touch when it comes to keeping you, the American people, safe from…

— Sean Hannity

The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too…

— Hortense Powdermaker

I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I…

— Leonard Maltin

I think the reason you use an actor is if they are right for the role. Most of the high-profile stars tend…

— Neill Blomkamp

The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't…

— Linda Chavez

His scowl returned. "Why, if they're supposed to be Greek, are all of them speaking with an English accent?" She laughed. "Didn't…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

At Pixar, we believe strongly that filmmakers should develop ideas they are passionate about. This may sound like a no-brainer, but in…

— Edwin Catmull

My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden…

— Lauren Bacall

It’s literally true, as Shakespeare said--all the world’s a stage. It wasn’t that way when I first got into the movies in…

— Gary Cooper

Why aren't there films being made that tell ethnically diverse stories? Or why is it so impossible to allow a person of…

— Teyonah Parris

There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their…

— Colin Mochrie

I grew up in Hollywood in an apartment. Then in Tarzana, California, on a mini ranch where we owned horses and chickens.

— Juliette Lewis

Women in Hollywood are tiny, but women in soap operas are the tiniest people alive!

— Julie Bowen

A good storyteller can hold everybody captive without the special effects of Hollywood.

— Phil Keoghan

During the Hollywood studio system, they looked for people who were unusual. The stars had peculiarities.

— Peter Bogdanovich

For whatever reason, Hollywood has had a very limited view of what life is and what certain people in certain roles, what…

— KiKi Layne

I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.

— Bruno Dumont

I think people have called Twitch a niche for a long time but it's not, gaming is bigger than Hollywood.

— Justin Kan

I never really liked Hollywood. I found it unreal - unreal and full of men and women whose lives were confused and…

— Grace Kelly

I'm a working actress in Hollywood. You unfortunately don't get the pick of the litter when it comes to auditions and jobs.

— Madelaine Petsch

The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.

— Tessa Thompson

I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.

— Vin Diesel

There's not the choice of eligible males in Hollywood that you have in other places.

— Vera-Ellen

Many of us had this idea of doing independent film, of making personal, relevant films, as opposed to Hollywood fluff. I directed…

— Robert Kane Pappas

People in the land of LaLa look like expensive wax fruit. And they work hard to achieve that look.

— Erica Jong

I was amazed by the kind of preparation Hollywood actors do for their roles.

— Shweta Menon

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.

— Dorothy Parker