Driven Quote by Dwayne Johnson

I've been fortunate to have had the life I had prior to Hollywood. I wasn't starving; I was going to eat the next day.

— Dwayne Johnson

I felt reluctant accepting the very lucrative and easy life Hollywood had offered me. All of it planted a seed: If I could do…

— Sterling Hayden

I think I've developed into an actress because I've worked darn hard at it and I've learned a great deal from a lot of…

— Veronica Lake

I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and it creates…

— C. C. H. Pounder

I had a very realistic view of what it's like to be in Hollywood, which is that you have beautiful success, but then years…

— Molly Gordon

If I would characterize my life, I would say that I was a very lucky actor who came into very lucky times, and got…

— Efrem Zimbalist, Jr

In Hollywood, people tend to have the same sensibilities, the same taste and values, and I didn't want to spend my life that way.…

— Brian Grazer

You can be the hardest-working, most talented person in Hollywood and never book a job. Or you can not be able to act your…

— Italia Ricci

I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I've seen a lot of good things and a lot of the bad of what Hollywood can bring. At the end of the day,…

— Drew Sidora

I've actually had a great career in Hollywood. I've been a working actor my whole life.

— Dante Basco

To be embraced by Hollywood when I'd been acting professionally for almost 50 years seemed unbelievable. I've been so welcomed in such a warm,…

— Jacki Weaver