#wood

I had a really negative look at the night-life side of Hollywood, which I really didn't like. I went to New York to focus on modeling, and then of course found that New York was not any different from Los Angeles. ↗

— Erin Gray

#any #course #different #focus #found

There's a real separation between actors and all the other functions of Hollywood. If you're an actor you're somehow not a member of the crew. You're somehow more special. I hate that. ↗

— Rider Strong

#between #crew #functions #hate #hollywood

My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent. ↗

— Adrian Grenier

#came #hollywood #i #i came #only

I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best. ↗

— John Grisham

#adapted #almost #away #been #being

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#little #live #makes #marks #pulp

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#guy #hollywood #i #loves #me

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car. ↗

— Merle Haggard

#freight #guthrie #i #i was raised #like

You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#back #been #cancelled #clothes #dream

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

— Gregory Harrison

#hollywood #honestly #i #sell #songs

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#entered #family #go #halen #hollywood