Quotes About Hollywood

[ Hollywood] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men.

Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.

When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.

There are a lot of wannabe men in Hollywood. But when you have that Hollywood mentality, there aren't a lot of real, grounded people.

I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.

Hollywood is weird, man. The child-actor world is the weirdest. But somehow I survived.

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

In Hollywood the man who cleans your pool is an actor. The man who sells you your copy of Variety is an actor. I don't think there's a real person left in the place.

It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.

The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.

You hit the wall almost right when you get up to the top. If there's a female writer being suggested to do a rewrite on a script, it's always the big boys going, "Mm, let's go with [a man]..."

I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.

I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.

In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.

I love watching old movies anyway - I grew up with my mom watching old movies and being immersed in the history of old Hollywood.

I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.

Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.

Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.

There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's not so much about the money, but it's about (being a) woman.