Quotes About Hollywood

It's not often that scripts come across our desks that are written so poetic and so honest from our perspective, as a black man and a black woman in Hollywood.

You can't break through Hollywood formulaic points of view. I've tried, and I think I was more successful than anybody at doing it.

There were so many wonderful opportunities for me growing up in Cleveland. And whatever I'm doing in New York or Hollywood, I meet people from Cleveland.

On 'The Avengers,' I've been working closely with Mark Ruffalo.

When I'm doing a film, I love getting together after work with my costars. But we get back to L.A. and I'm like, 'I don't want to go to a club with you, dude. I mean, I think you're rad, and if you want to come play Scrabble with me, that's amazing.'

We were so focused on the production aspect of it that it wasn't until later in our college experience that we realized we needed to focus on writing. And once we did, that sort of became our way into Hollywood.

There's a difference between actresses of color and actresses not of color. If you look at how big my movies are.

I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

It's hard to walk down the street without 'Entourage' comments, and that's all nice.

I'm no longer interested in being in big commercial films.

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.

I went to see 'Men In Black 2.' It was just a commodity, just money being shifted.

It's never been written about, but before the blacklist of Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten, there was a de facto blacklist by Communists in the movie industry, and there were a lot of them.

I may be the only actress in Hollywood who won't need a face lift, because when I take off my makeup, I look so great compared to my characters!

Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport.

I'm not complaining at all but 'A Star Is Born' hasn't helped my career in like, opportunity terms.

Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.

There's been Hollywood interest in a lot of the stuff that I've done, but Descender's felt different right from the start for whatever reason. I don't know if that's because a lot of my other stuff's a little more idiosyncratic, and 'Descender' has a bit more of a high concept to it.

'L.A. Confidential' was written with me in mind, but Russell Crowe got the part. Go figure.

I don't come from a Hollywood family. I don't have Hollywood friends. I didn't have any connections.

I wanted to conquer Hollywood. But I took one shot and that's it for me.

My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.

I'm always surrounded by good-looking guys, like Zac Efron, so I have to be with someone who's not going to get jealous about any of that, or when I'm kissing somebody in a scene.

My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics as a media play.