"Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel."

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"If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

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"I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it."

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

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"Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project."

Sherilyn Fenn, American Actress

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"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."

Brenda Blethyn, English Actress

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"I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it."

Sherilyn Fenn, American Actress

Hollywood, Play

"I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market."

Barry Corbin, American Actor

Hollywood, Years

"And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

Hollywood, Television

"I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood."

Brion James, American Actor

Hollywood, Play, Stars

"I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever."

Barry Levinson, American Director

Hollywood, Talking, Thinking

"If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?"

Jon Voight, American Actor

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"If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy."

"I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it."

"Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project."

"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."

"I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it."

"I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market."

"And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood."

"I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood."

"I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever."

"If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?"

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"I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin."

"Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath."

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."

"Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision."

"Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome."

"I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on."