Hollywood is a land of self-invention.
I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying to inject into a story.
Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception.
Hollywood is full of guys who say one thing, and then do another.
When I first got out to Hollywood, they were pushing me for sitcoms, and I didn't really have an interest in them. I wanted to do films and slowly worked that way. And then it became, I guess, this curse of the leading man.
When you work as actors in this business, you spend a lot of time apart. That's why a lot of marriages fail. It's not because of Hollywood, it's because you don't spend time together.
When I first got into this biz called show, I decided I was going to change my name, make it more Hollywood. And you know how you do that? You take your middle name and the first street that you ever lived on. So when I first started, I actually went by Sue Rural Route 2.
I just want choices. Its not about making money and having a lot of friends in Hollywood; thats the last thing I want.
Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.
You know, marriage is making a big comeback. I know personally that in Hollywood people are marrying people they never married before.
I would never put on 20 kilos and mess up my system because a role demands it. Hindi cinema doesn't offer you roles that get you an Oscar, anyway. Tom Hanks can do it in Hollywood; not us.
A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.
I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
That's not how most of Hollywood does it-which helps to explain why Pixar does so well. How are you changing the game in your field? What is your distinctive take on how your industry operates? Do you work as distinctively as you compete?
Hanks' ideology first came into our zone shortly after 9/11, when he criticized me for asking Hollywood telethon stars to become more aggressive in getting the money to 9/11 families.
You know, the only place in America where the millionaires and billionaires are predominantly liberal is here in Hollywood.
Hollywood isn't your cesspool, America. It's your mirror.
Will there be titty? Sure. Boom! I'm a producer. Where you been all our life, boy? We been lookin for you in Hollywood.
I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.
I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.
When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it's a vacation destination for me. I say, 'Because I sometimes have perfect days there.'
