If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.
Marilyn MonroeI’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
Mr. TStand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.
Kevin HartAt the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.
Kevin HartActors know what actors are insecure about – and they’re all insecure.
Clint EastwoodFilm is not an easy occupation. There’s a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.
George LucasI love making movies, but there’s nothing like performing live.
Dwayne JohnsonI make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
Jackie ChanI am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.
Walt DisneyBut I do believe that there’s going to be a time where all movies are going to be made in 3D and it’s just going to be a given, and that is going to be an exciting time.
Dwayne JohnsonAt the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel.
Clint EastwoodI’ve always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, ‚Hi,‘ that the people ought to get their money’s worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.
Marilyn MonroeI’m always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
Dolly PartonI realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.
George LucasThe future of American film lies on television.
David HareActor’s life is very long.
Jackie ChanWhat I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.
Bruno MarsI have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
Anthony HopkinsI love good film, whether it’s an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren’t necessarily eccentric ones but they’re the more specific ones.
Matthew McConaugheyI did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.
Elvis PresleyI know I’m more on television, and I’m more recognisable than maybe even the players because they run and train, but I just stand there, and my face does all these funny things that everyone can see all the time.
Jurgen KloppI’m just changing the game because I know what the fans want and the people want ‚cause I’m a fan of hip-hop.
DJ KhaledMeryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.
Denzel WashingtonI came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerIt’s simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they’re done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it’s what they see. That’s where my head is at.
Denzel WashingtonDoing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone’s grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.
Adam SandlerI would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, because I would be taking time away from music to tell a big grand story, and spend all of my time and pouring all of my emotions into being someone else. So for me to do that, it would have to be a story worth telling.
Taylor SwiftEvery time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.
Jackie ChanI’m one of those people who says, ‚yes, cinema died when they invented sound.‘
George LucasI came to California and got signed at a young age. And it’s not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.
Bruno MarsJackie Chan is a myth.
Jackie ChanI never called my work an ‚art‘. It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Walt DisneyBrad and I have never wanted our kids to be actors, but we also want them to be around film and be a part of Mommy and Daddy’s life and for it not to be kept from them, either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.
Angelina JolieWe were on for six years. We were in syndication for a while. It had its run. I still see the people from ‚Mr. Belvedere,‘ too. We stay in touch.
Bob UeckerIn every movie I do have a dialogue.
Jackie ChanI wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin‘ icon, you’re not on the show, you know?
DJ KhaledIn Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can’t read. If they could read their stuff, they’d stop writing.
Will RogersIt’s very intense to be in front of a live audience. It’s just an amazing experience. It’s dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It’s electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you’re on this other planet.
Steven WrightI’ve taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show.
Abby Lee MillerI will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I’m not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy.
Clint EastwoodEverybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.
Clint EastwoodSee, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.
Matthew McConaugheyFilm is a very tight little box. If you don’t fit in that box, you’re gone. Television, there’s more room to move around.
George LucasYou know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it’s kind of a lifestyle and it’s easy to get caught up in it – you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone’s doing a certain thing… It’s tough.
EminemI don’t think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.
Angelina JolieStreaming is a really big market for me. We’ve been doing great in the streaming market, so it’s not something I want to alienate at all. Streaming counts now. They’re treating artists the way we deserve to be treated.
RihannaI’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
Jackie ChanI do love the films I’ve done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we’re trying to make people laugh and I’m very proud of that.
Adam SandlerHollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn MonroeI seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It’s like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I’d like to play strong women who are also very feminine.
Angelina JolieThere are no record companies in Waikiki.
Bruno MarsA lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future.
Clint EastwoodWhen you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It’s just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.
Angelina JolieWhen I was on TV in the ’80s, I wasn’t thinking, ‚There’s a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he’s gonna be doing stuff that was influenced by me.‘ I was trying to get my five minutes together. So now that those people are comedians and they’re influenced by me – it’s bizarre.
Steven WrightI always play women I would date.
Angelina JolieI think, first of all, I don’t think people understand Ice Cube’s body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word ‚urban‘ but – when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who’s launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know?
Kevin HartThere’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.
Will RogersShe’s a total professional, a diva, a mega-star, not just in music but in the entertainment industry. You always learn from the greats, and J.Lo is one.
Bad BunnyIn California, they don’t throw their garbage away – they make it into TV shows.
Woody AllenI’ll continue to make the typical Adam Sandler comedies.
Adam Sandler