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Ben Hecht

"In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel."

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"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."

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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."

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"Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big names - the products of a good publicity department."

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"I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood."

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"I never took to Hollywood."

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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."

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