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Hollywood Quotes

"But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy."

"But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy."

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Actress

Hollywood, Italy

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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."

"The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back."

Roy Rogers, American Entertainer

Hollywood, World

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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."

"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, American Actress

Hollywood, Sincerity, Will, World

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"There are thousands of directors in Hollywood."

"There are thousands of directors in Hollywood."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

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"I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract."

"I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract."

Jennifer O'Neill, American Actress

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"I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star."

"I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star."

Kim Novak, American Actress

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"I don't think I ever understood Hollywood."

"I don't think I ever understood Hollywood."

Gloria Grahame, American Actress

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"I had a meeting in LA in which they took a really overstuffed hour and a half. It was as close to old Hollywood as I remembered it in the last 20 years."

"I had a meeting in LA in which they took a really overstuffed hour and a half. It was as close to old Hollywood as I remembered it in the last 20 years."

David Ogden Stiers, American Actor

Hollywood, Meeting, Old, Years

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

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

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

Hollywood, Songs, Trying

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"Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism."

"Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Hollywood, Pretty, Realism

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"Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation."

"Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation."

Walter Winchell, American Journalist

Hollywood, Observation

33

"Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche."

Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman

Hollywood, Expertise

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"There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both."

"There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both."

Roland Emmerich, German Director

Hollywood, Snow, Water

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

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

Eric Cantona, French Athlete

Hollywood, Want

33

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

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

Ben Hecht, American Writer

Hollywood, Name, Woman

32

"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."

"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

Hollywood, Teen, Comedy, Right

32

"I find Hollywood really toxic."

"I find Hollywood really toxic."

Rachel Weisz, British Actress

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"It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out."

"It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out."

Laura Hillenbrand, American Author

Hollywood, Trade

32

"I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening."

"I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening."

Brittany Murphy, American Actress

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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."

"The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles."

Steve Guttenberg, American Actor

Hollywood, Smiles

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"Hollywood is a world all its own."

"Hollywood is a world all its own."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

Hollywood, World

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"I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard."

"I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard."

Rachel Ward, English Actress

Hollywood, Sunset

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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."

"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, American Actor

Hollywood, Living

32

"Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks."

"Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks."

Alistair Cooke, American Journalist

Hollywood, Mythology, Popular

32

"Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood."

"Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood."

David Hockney, English Artist

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"You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood."

"You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

Hollywood, Imitation

31

"I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London."

"I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

Hollywood, London, Paris, Theater

31

"I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios."

"I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

Hollywood, Orchestras

31

"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."

"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, American Actress

Hollywood, Imitation, Woman

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"Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood."

"Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood."

Budd Schulberg, American Writer

Hollywood, Silence

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"Everyone is treating it like a Hollywood story. In Madison, it's a neighborhood story."

"Everyone is treating it like a Hollywood story. In Madison, it's a neighborhood story."

Chris Farley, American Comedian

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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."

"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

30

"Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle."

"Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle."

Victor Mature, American Actor

Hollywood, Stars

29

"I was the center square on Hollywood Squares for about fifteen weeks."

"I was the center square on Hollywood Squares for about fifteen weeks."

Jerry Mathers, American Actor

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

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

Jon Voight, American Actor

Hollywood, Washington

29

"I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit."

"I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit."

Tony Goldwyn, American Actor

Hollywood, Name, Saying

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"I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest."

"I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest."

Laura Hillenbrand, American Author

Hollywood, Houses, Interest, Publishing

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"I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood."

"I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood."

Eddie Bracken, American Actor

Hollywood, Trouble

29

"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."

"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, American Actor

Hollywood, Right, Vietnam

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"I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal."

"I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Hollywood, Romantic, Wood

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"My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that."

"My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that."

Tony Goldwyn, American Actor

Hollywood, Memories, Parents, World

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"Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world."

"Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world."

Lionel Barrymore, American Actor

Hollywood, World

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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."

"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."

Ann Sothern, American Actress

Hollywood, Names, Personality, Publicity

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