#hollywood

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. ↗

— Alexander Payne

#american cinema #become #cesspool #change #cinema

Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls. ↗

— Julia Phillips

#holes #hollywood #massive #people #place

Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project. ↗

— Lou Diamond Phillips

#box #bring #diversity #does #dramatic

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be casting this movie that she had written. That was ten years ago. That got me to Hollywood. I got paid $700 bucks. ↗

— Chris Pratt

#break #bucks #casting #director #first

I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again. ↗

— Lee Remick

#again #grownups #hollywood #i #make

Personally, I like Hollywood and I like pictures. But that doesn't mean I have any illusions about either. ↗

— Marjorie Reynolds

#any #either #hollywood #i #illusions

Well, I know a guy, he's from far far away He's a songwriter, he got something to say He says, "People in this city are too busy to hang out This town's so spread out, no one would hear you if you shout" Everyone's got a script to sell and someplace else they want to be There's always a lock that would open if you could just find the key" (It Ain't Easy Being Green) ↗

— Shannon McNally

#hollywood #hopes #illusions #los-angeles #movie-industry

If I ever lose a role because of my tattoos, I'll quit Hollywood and go to work at Costco. ↗

— Megan Fox

#costco #ever #go #hollywood #i

I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent. ↗

— Cedric Hardwicke

#created #felt #give #god #had

It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood. ↗

— Martin Henderson

#challenge #come #great #hollywood #little