Good Quote by Rod Lurie

If a script writer had come up with a story resembling what you have just achieved, even the Hollywood studios would have refused.

— Lance Armstrong

Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row…

— Douglas Fairbanks, Jr

Before Hollywood happened to me, I just took a break to think about whether I belong in the industry or whether I should be…

— Claudia Kim

I found Hollywood pretty bruising and uncreative. The executives are all in thrall to the boss, and spend their times double-guessing him or her,…

— Deborah Moggach

It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5…

— Naomi Watts

I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and…

— Michael Caine

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

I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly,…

— Janeane Garofalo

I didn't look at it as a transition so much, because I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people…

— Curtis Hanson

Unlike a lot of actors in Hollywood who sit around a long time between jobs, I was lucky because for 10 years I was…

— Demond Wilson

I did not necessarily feel that Hollywood was interested in what I wanted to do. They wanted me to do what they wanted to…

— Patty Jenkins

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