Hollywood Quotes · Page 74

Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.

— Orson Welles

Koverman is one of my favorite Hollywood characters because she was the brains of MGM, and not many people know about her.

— Adriana Trigiani

“Ah, Hollywood. One day, you and I will play Operation. And I'll be the drunk, mad doctor with the hedge trimmer &…

— Warren Ellis

It seems like there's never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.

— Dave Chappelle

To be honest, I miss the old Hollywood way of having some mystique about the star.

— Nicole Scherzinger

I am the child of Indian immigrants, both of whom have Ph.D.s and are college professors, and I'm an actor in Hollywood.

— Tiya Sircar

Yes, the Obama administration has and will continue to use Hollywood and the entertainment industry to push its agenda.

— Jedediah Bila

I think the most vulgar thing about Hollywood is the way it believes its own gossip.

— Ava Gardner

Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But…

— Bill O'Reilly

It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place…

— Stephen Gaghan

When television killed comedy and love stories, the movie makers went in slugging. They offered the downbeat, the degenerate as competition. This…

— Joan Crawford

Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A.…

— Garrett Hedlund

I'm so sick of independent films being co-opted by Hollywood. You're making a project that's small, really personal, and the first thing…

— Justin Lin

A couple of years after I arrived in Hollywood, everything that was Latino was fashionable, and years after, my thought is that…

— Antonio Banderas

Being on hold with 'SNL' is hard because you're just waiting, but it's also a stamp of approval. There were jobs that…

— Chris Redd

The thing is, I actually feel a lot more comfortable at school just bumming around with my friends than I do at…

— Emily Browning

For me, I didn't really have family that was in entertainment. I didn't really grow up with an uncle that's a TV…

— Jaboukie Young-White

In the industry, artists of of color struggle the most. Caucasian artists have really solidified themselves in the industry, and with African…

— Mena Massoud

“II Hollywood Flapper Oh, come my love and join with me The oldest infant industry. Come seek the bourne of palm and…

— David Stenn

I find that it's easier to disguise yourself when you go to Florida or places like that, because no one is expecting…

— Megan Fox

I was looking for a dog when I was around 9 or 10 years old. I'd just moved to L.A. and I…

— Skai Jackson

When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people…

— Kevin Hart

Well I would say that, you know, I agree in part with that it [The Starter Wife] is fantasy and it is…

— Debra Messing

success in L.A. is completely arbitrary. One day you're the brilliant genius of life, the next day people act like there's a…

— Cynthia Heimel

There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a…

— Baz Luhrmann

I'm still waiting for my first big Hollywood paycheck... maybe I'll play a superhero.

— Miles Teller

Artists need to be valued. Many of our shows are re-run in other countries. In Hollywood, if a show is being re-run,…

— Madhura Naik

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

— Doug Liman

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

— Carrie Fisher

I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter.

— Julie Harris

I grew up being obsessed with old Hollywood and loving the history, what's behind the scenes, and what people don't know.

— Lily Collins

I feel like everyone kind of knew someone, like 6 degrees of separation. In Hollywood that is very common.

— Ashley Greene

In Hollywood, it seems that the people least successful at being married are the ones most eager to tie the knot over…

— Emily V. Gordon

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded…

— Danny McBride

I don't think I'm a slacker, but I don't have aspirations to, like, conquer Hollywood. Or the world. Or anything.

— Jesse Plemons

I've encountered Knausgaard obsessives who work for the government. In Hollywood. I've met them at a queer separatist compound.

— Torrey Peters

I worked for a couple of screamers in my early days in Hollywood. I don't like being screamed at, and I am…

— Brian Grazer

Hollywood, it's just like high school. Whoever is pretty and popular, everyone wants to be with.

— Tucker Max

My lifetime dream has been to assemble and preserve the history of the Hollywood film industry.

— Debbie Reynolds

As a cop, I dealt with every kind of bum and criminal. They all have more integrity than some Hollywood people.

— Joseph Wambaugh