Hollywood Quotes - Page 35

• I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.'

  John Hodgman

  Squares, Would Be, Be Good

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hollywood has unfortunately become a memory. It's nothing but a sign on the side of a hill.

  Mickey Rooney

  Memories, Sides, Hills

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'

  Cliff Robertson

  Winning, Years, Twelve

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp.

  Tom Clancy

  Daughter, Book, Giving

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• When I got to Hollywood, at first I couldn't get a lot of jobs. So I grew a beard and look like a really bad Arab, and I started to get a lot of work because that's what they want.

  Sayed Badreya

  Jobs, Looks, Want

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• The business can be frustrating. For me, Omaha is a rounding foundation. I was raised in a very faith-filled household, very hardworking. It made me aware of what privilege is. And it's a place I can go back to, spend time with nieces and nephews, celebrate the things that have nothing to do with the hubbub of Hollywood.

  Nicholas D'Agosto

  Niece, Nephew, Foundation

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles. The question is, what's in between?

  Tom Folsom

  Roles, Stories, Actors

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• I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?

  Dana Fox

  Cutting, Years, Stuff

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• The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.

  Omari Hardwick

  Jobs, Artist, Opportunity

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• You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.

  Yunjin Kim

  Your Boyfriend, Treats

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• I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as Miss Golden Globe 2012.

  Rainey Qualley

  Opportunity, Giving, Missing

  "Andie Macdowell Daughter Rainey Qualley Named Miss Golden Globe 2012" by NationalLedger.com, December 9, 2011.

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• In Hollywood, most things are based on looks, so I'd love to do something that has nothing to do with how I look.

  Teri Polo

  Looks

  "Teri Polo: Teri on a Tear". Interview with Dennis Hensley, movieline.com. September 1, 2001.

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• If there was no Hollywood, no next movie, no deal at Warner Brothers, no place in Malibu or Venice, I would still be really happy.

  Susan Downey

  Brother, Venice, Next

  "Susan Downey: Iron Woman" by Kimberly Cutter, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 9, 2009.

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• I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms.

  Ralph Ellison

  Men, Invisible, Alienation

  1952 Invisible Man, prologue.

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• So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy.

  Jason Gann

  Crazy, Pet, Young

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.

  Jason Gann

  Hollywood Films, Australia, Work Out

  "Elijah Wood and Jason Gann Talk WILFRED Season 1 Finale Cliffhanger and Ideas for Season 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 7, 2011.

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• There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

  Jason Gann

  Real, Writing, Australia

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Hollywood can be an ugly place and it can do ugly things to you.

  Kelli Garner

  Ugly Things, Ugly, Can Do

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• Hollywood is fickle; your career can end pretty fast. If the acting jobs dry up, you have to have something to fall back on. In fact, that would be my advice to kids interested in acting - make sure you get an education too.

  Matthew Lawrence

  Jobs, Fall, Kids

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• Being recognized by Hollywood is a dream true; it's really an amazing moment.

  Thomas Langmann

  Dream, Moments

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• I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.

  Damian McGinty

  Broadway, Littles, Towns

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's very difficult to get your ideas to Hollywood if you're the average Joe or Jane. An agent wouldn't bother with you.

  Bruce Nash

  Average Joe, Ideas, Agents

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• Celebrity poverty, that's the hidden scandal in Blair's Britain. You can't help but worry for them. A girl I knew developed X-ray eyes for celebrity sorrows. She taught me to read the subtext of the down-market celebrity interview, she knew all the Hollywood codes, and followed the deep backgrounds.

  Peter York

  Girl, Eye, Worry

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• In the 1940s, cigarettes would be shown in classy situations, endorsed by celebrities - real A-list Hollywood stars in America - the ads would make claims about tobacco quality or manufacturing science and, bizarrely, some brands had what almost amounted to health claims.

  Peter York

  Stars, Real, America

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• I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

  Stephen Daldry

  Silly, Awards, Hands

  "Stephen Daldry: 'Hollywood? I've never even been there...'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2013.

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