Gone Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

When I wasn't working, I had a chance ta go back to New York and appear in the show 'Sally.' I carried the contract…

— Vera-Ellen

I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was smart enough to realise…

— Andre Previn

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it, and it dented my confidence. But…

— Regis Philbin

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's…

— Michael Vartan

My career had been going pretty well until I took a job touring America. When I returned, it took time to remind people I…

— Ncuti Gatwa

I moved to New York and couldn't get a job as an actor. And waited tables for so long.

— Casey Nicholaw

I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.

— Eddie Bracken

I will never go back to Hollywood. It was like a nightmare. I enjoyed it at the time, but I wanted to be back…

— Lee Evans

Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention…

— Persis Khambatta

For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly with politics.…

— Hugh Grant

Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back. It took me 14 years to get where I am. I'm going to…

— Tanya Roberts

Hollywood died on me as soon as I got there.

— Orson Welles