Artist Quote by Vincent Cassel

Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have…

— Vincent Cassel

Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make…

— John Carpenter

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

— Ice Cube

I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm…

— James Cameron

So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are.

— Matthew Lillard

If you have a career like mine, which is so identified with Hollywood, with big studios and stars, you wonder if maybe you shouldn't…

— Sydney Pollack

I'm so sick of independent films being co-opted by Hollywood. You're making a project that's small, really personal, and the first thing anyone asks…

— Justin Lin

Hollywood is a double feeling. Love and hate. With a talented film director, I cannot resist. They are such charming and intelligent people. But…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

If you look at anybody who's had along career, if you look at the choices they've made - even if the movies haven't worked…

— Bradley Cooper

I have, obviously, a very complex relationship with the more industrial side of filmmaking and the machinery that can take an actor or an…

— Debra Granik

I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market…

— Laura Dern

The world has obviously changed in terms of the way filmmakers and actors and writers often look at their own careers. They all seem…

— Mark Canton