Quotes About Hollywood

The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood.

Most Americans in both red and blue states reject and resent the message being sent by Hollywood and some in the media that values are subjective, to be defined by the individual and not by God.

I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.

I'm not a poster boy for good behavior and recovery in Hollywood, I'm just a guy who knows he has a lot to be grateful for.

Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood.

Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.

A vampire is very easy; you just take a very good-looking actor, put some teeth on them, make them pale, and you're there.

The good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me.

I don't think Hollywood makes many good films anymore. How many directors can you really trust to have an artistic vision, not a corporate vision or a watered-down communal one?

Kellan [Lutz] and I were really the closest, and he and I have been really good friends before "Twilight" even happened - we have the same agent.

I've never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.

Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.

When I started in the late nineties, it was all about young Hollywood. There were jobs for all of us if you were 18 to 21, were slightly good looking, or could be funny.

So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.

Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor.

Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a film even to be made, much less be good.

Hollywood is, I always argue, has a great track record of making good films.

I'm one of the few people in Hollywood who actually had a good childhood.

I'm not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that's usually, when they have a very, very, very good film and they take away anything controversial from it and make flatter.

I went from working with Will Smith to working with Will Smith's wife. So the Smiths have been very good to me.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

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

I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.