Hollywood Quotes

You know, the only place in America where the millionaires and billionaires are predominantly liberal is here in Hollywood.

I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.

Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood.

Hanks' ideology first came into our zone shortly after 9/11, when he criticized me for asking Hollywood telethon stars to become more aggressive in getting the money to 9/11 families.

I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.

When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.

I would never put on 20 kilos and mess up my system because a role demands it. Hindi cinema doesn't offer you roles that get you an Oscar, anyway. Tom Hanks can do it in Hollywood; not us.

You know, marriage is making a big comeback. I know personally that in Hollywood people are marrying people they never married before.

At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.

There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.

Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.

I just want choices. Its not about making money and having a lot of friends in Hollywood; thats the last thing I want.

When you work as actors in this business, you spend a lot of time apart. That's why a lot of marriages fail. It's not because of Hollywood, it's because you don't spend time together.

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

It's a true testament to say that there are no small roles in Hollywood. People say, "Oh, I just said one line." or "I was walking in the background." Don't deny humble beginnings.

Hollywood is full of guys who say one thing, and then do another.

Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception.

Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.

Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

I never did love Hollywood, I just loved the work.

If you go to Hollywood, you've already sold out.

Hollywood could use less instead of more of everything.

I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.

Hollywood is a symbol of global movies, it's not just American movies. It's become a platform and a melting pot; it's for all the talents and capital from all over the globe.

I personally think that Hollywood agencies ought to play a much better role in the development of Chinese films. Otherwise they're missing out on a lot of opportunities.

I think anybody who tries to follow the conventional Hollywood rule, will probably be better liked than the ones who try to think a little bit out of the box.

From time to time, just about every Vanity Fair writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

Every year you work in Hollywood takes a year off your soul.

[On Hollywood:] America's greatest achievement.

Hollywood, America's greatest modern contribution to world culture, is a business, a religion, an art form, and a state of mind.

Harrison Ford is absolutely amazing. He is a Hollywood icon, and just to work with him was absolutely incredible.

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

The power of Hollywood, as we know, is that it can create these images in people's minds, and they live with those images for their whole life.

My major intention for coming to Hollywood - besides the fact that I was just enamored with acting from a very young age - was that I was tired of seeing wimpy Asian actors.

The power and depth of Japanese acting certainly inspired me, so I was determined that Hollywood was going to get a taste of that, that Americans were going to get a taste of Japanese action.

In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.

There are a lot of wannabe men in Hollywood. But when you have that Hollywood mentality, there aren't a lot of real, grounded people.

I grew up in a small, strictly Catholic fishing village - the people there have a different attitude to life than those in Hollywood - people stick together.

When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a funny movie or something like that.

Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.

The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.

I watch everything from independent art-house cinema to foreign film. I don't watch as many Hollywood blockbusters but once in a while, I'm curious. I like to see what's out there.

In Hollywood, you can't say anything bad about anybody or everyone is going to attack you.

It was a very odd transition I guess because I didn't really intend for it to happen; it wasn't a goal of mine to end up in Hollywood and do anything other than sportscasting.

In Hollywood, there really is a stigma against wrestling. I think that's why people think wrestlers are Neanderthals who can't string two words together.

In Hollywood, what they last saw you in is what you are. It's hard to break away from that.

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies.

When I started in the late nineties, it was all about young Hollywood. There were jobs for all of us if you were 18 to 21, were slightly good looking, or could be funny.

There's a certain thought process about actors that they are in Hollywood and they sit around pools and get suntans and just get offered jobs.