Appeal Quote by Tom Morello

The Hollywood culture is so invasive, and I definitely wanted to be near it eventually.

— Carmen Ejogo

Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs.

— Gregory Harrison

Part of me wants nothing to do with any Hollywood. But another part of me wants to go there. I feel like I could…

— J. J. Watt

Hollywood was not a place I dreamed of getting to. I never could take seriously the obsession people have about being a celebrity or…

— Robert Redford

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

— Penelope Spheeris

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

I wasn't exactly sure where I wanted to take my music and how I wanted to be portrayed, and it was sort of, not…

— Cody Simpson

But I never imagined that I could ever have a career in music. I always thought it was like a mafia, that you had…

— Caroline Polachek

I think getting that taste of being in the TV industry and singing live and stuff was like I just want this so bad.'…

— Megan McKenna

Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can't imagine doing anything else.

— Melanie Martinez

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly…

— Juliet Stevenson

I have no interest in changing Hollywood. Hollywood is a place so consumed by the spirit of the world that I don't even want…

— Stephen Baldwin