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"It seems the farther away we are from Hollywood, the better the ratings."
Martin Milner
"It seems the farther away we are from Hollywood, the better the ratings."
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"I don't think about Hollywood at all."
Alex Cox
"I don't think about Hollywood at all."
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"But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy."
Claudia Cardinale
"But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy."
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"In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet."
Will Smith
"In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet."
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"Hollywood wants press, any kind of press."
Christopher Atkins
"Hollywood wants press, any kind of press."
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"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."
Edmund Wilson
"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."
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"In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture."
Erich von Stroheim
"In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture."
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"That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood."
Warren Beatty
"That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood."
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"There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress."
Eva Gabor
"There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress."
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"I don't think there's a back lot here in Hollywood anymore that has those streets, like a French Quarter."
Glenn Danzig
"I don't think there's a back lot here in Hollywood anymore that has those streets, like a French Quarter."
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"In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests."
Max von Sydow
"In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests."
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"I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most."
Richard Linklater
"I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most."
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"But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it."
Lara Flynn Boyle
"But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it."
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"I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it."
Christopher Atkins
"I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it."
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"Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath."
Oscar Levant
"Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath."
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"The trap is that you then just start doing stuff about Hollywood, which I don't really want to do."
Josh Schwartz
"The trap is that you then just start doing stuff about Hollywood, which I don't really want to do."
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"Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse."
Cesar Romero
"Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse."
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"My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out."
Leigh Steinberg
"My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out."
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"I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening."
Brittany Murphy
"I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening."
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"Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting."
Lorna Luft
"Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting."
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"Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood."
Budd Schulberg
"Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood."
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"I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit."
Tony Goldwyn
"I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit."
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"How did I get to Hollywood? By train."
John Ford
"How did I get to Hollywood? By train."
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"I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star."
Kim Novak
"I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star."
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"I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?"
Brittany Murphy
"I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?"
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"I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow."
Channing Tatum
"I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow."
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"In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world."
Allan Sherman
"In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world."
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"Hollywood is a world all its own."
Moira Kelly
"Hollywood is a world all its own."
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"I don't think I ever understood Hollywood."
Gloria Grahame
"I don't think I ever understood Hollywood."
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"I tell you, I'm really not what you'd call into your basic kink, even though we do live in Hollywood, which is a little bit like living in a box of granola."
McLean Stevenson
"I tell you, I'm really not what you'd call into your basic kink, even though we do live in Hollywood, which is a little bit like living in a box of granola."
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"And I wasn't crazy about Hollywood in those days."
Kitty Carlisle
"And I wasn't crazy about Hollywood in those days."
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"Working in Hollywood can be tumultuous, with incredible highs and lows and you need to be grounded."
Douglas Wood
"Working in Hollywood can be tumultuous, with incredible highs and lows and you need to be grounded."
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"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."
Lena Horne
"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."
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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
"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."
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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
"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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"Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good."
James Woods
"Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good."
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"An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer."
Fred Allen
"An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer."
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"Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood."
David Hockney
"Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood."
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"Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche."
Leigh Steinberg
"Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche."
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"Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons."
Gerard Butler
"Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons."
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"Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet."
Sam Elliott
"Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet."
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"I was looked at as weird, odd, not fitting in with the Hollywood crowd."
Morgan Brittany
"I was looked at as weird, odd, not fitting in with the Hollywood crowd."
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"I have to go back to my younger days, when I just adored Hollywood musicals."
Julie Harris
"I have to go back to my younger days, when I just adored Hollywood musicals."
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"Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood."
Richard O'Brien
"Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood."
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"The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back."
Roy Rogers
"The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back."
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"Michael Moore became an industry hero and the most visible symbol of the Hollywood left."
Michael Medved
"Michael Moore became an industry hero and the most visible symbol of the Hollywood left."
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"What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait."
Hattie McDaniel
"What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait."
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"The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles."
Steve Guttenberg
"The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles."
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"Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad."
Morgan Brittany
"Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad."
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"Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire."
Yahoo Serious
"Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire."
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