Actresses Quote by Martha Plimpton

My mother's whole family had been from the theater, really. Because I grew up in Hollywood, I wasn't that interested in Hollywood. But the…

— Tony Goldwyn

Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is in my…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater.

— Alicia Keys

Hollywood's never been that appealing a world to me. It's just not my thing. I, just as a dummy, thought that was the only…

— Kelly Reichardt

Hollywood isn't a place, it's a way of life.

— Helene Hanff

I believe 'Hollywood' is more like middle America than many people imagine.

— Steven Levitan

My upbringing was very un-Hollywood. I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch.

— Stephanie Zimbalist

I started in theater; I did theater in New York for 14 years before I even thought about doing movies - I never thought…

— Lin Shaye

My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there.

— Kitty Carlisle

I don't really know what Hollywood is. I've never really known.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

My Hollywood is a place where anything can happen, where dreams can become reality, and reality often morphs into fiction. It's a place where…

— Bonnie Hammer

Hollywood is really weird to talk about in this monolithic sense because it's this microcosm of anywhere. It's full of a lot of people…

— Karina Longworth