Quotes About Hollywood

I live right under the Hollywood sign, so that every day when I drive home I'm reminded of why I'm here.

Because of my filming commitments in America, you have to sign contracts where you can't change your physical appearance.

Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.

I love doing eyes - my signature look is a cat eye. I think it's so feminine, and it reminds me of old Hollywood.

From the time you were signed at MGM you just felt you were in God's hands.

I met Harry Thomason when I signed on with 20th Century Fox in 1985.

Ram Gopal Varma had signed me for 'Satya' and two days before the shoot, I was dropped out of the film. He didn't even have the decency to call me or my manager and inform me about the reality. I learnt from the press that he had begun shooting without me.

I had watched 'What Lies Beneath' long before I signed 'Raaz.' It was similar in terms of the story premise and the infidelity part. But I didn't have to go and watch the other film. Once I read the script I wanted to bring my own perspective. I didn't want to copy from a Hollywood film.

After I made 'Better Luck Tomorrow' and started taking meetings in Hollywood, I quickly learned that Asian Americans weren't even in the conversation as a minority, since there wasn't even a significant enough audience, and especially an audience for Asian American content.

It's kind of like Silence of the lambs meets Boogey Nights.

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

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

Pittsburgh, for a while, became a production centre. There was one $400 million year. Hollywood was bringing productions in there. Films like 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Innocent Blood.' So my guys, the guys I worked with, were able to have careers and live at home. But then it dried up, and a lot of my friends left.

Even making clothes for Hollywood films, you do not get paid silly money. It is hard work and takes time.

Hollywood comedy has gotten really silly and absurd, and I like that.

I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

I think most Hollywood meetings are silly and I truly despise pitching. It's insane to expect someone to come in and tell you the story before they've written it, and buying an idea from someone who can explain it rather than write it is like choosing a mechanic based on his ability to draw a picture of your car's problem.

When I was 18, I drove from New York to California to be a movie star. Not an actor, mind you, but a movie star. Have you ever heard of anything so silly?

To have Hollywood tell me or other women like me that we're not a market that interests them is silly. Good stories work.

My first exposure to what Hollywood was like, behind the scenes, was when Joel Silver started screaming at Roger Rabbit at the beginning of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.'

I realize now that it is a serious business requiring honest, hard work. The first time Hollywood was served up to me on a silver platter. I've finally gotten rid of the platter.

Dating in college and dating in Hollywood are actually really similar in that the relationships don't last long. Other than that, lots of people in Hollywood tend to be narcissistic, and it's hard to have a relationship with someone like that.

I have, indeed, lived most of my life overseas, but I've returned repeatedly to work in film, special television productions, and the New York theater. There have also been tributes and similar occasions that have called me back to Hollywood. I've returned so often, I almost feel that I've never left.

People complain about Hollywood movies being similar. That goes right down to the fundamental green light process, because the process involves having to compare it to three other movies.