#holly

Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood. ↗

— R. W. Apple, Jr.

#films #fought #generation #global #his

There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me. ↗

— Jill Bennett

#hollywood #i #important #lesbians #me

Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor. ↗

— Walter Hill

#actually #boxing #hollywood #hollywood movies #i

I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise. ↗

— J. J. Johnson

#break #community #enough #film #hollywood

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real. ↗

— Spike Lee

#characters #difference #hollywood #mine #real

Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you're not given credit for any sophistication... You're just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that's it. ↗

— Cheech Marin

#back #being #border #credit #crossed

I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#executives #good #got #handshake #hollywood

Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire, or wholly normal, or whatever. Anything really close to home is not, it seems to me, what a good book should be about. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#anything #book #close #dire #fantasy

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#big #content #hollywood #i #i am

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job. ↗

— Norah Jones

#day #hollywood #i #i love #job