I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.
Elvis PresleyRepublicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
Jimmy CarterMeryl Streep is exactly as awesome as you would imagine Meryl Streep to be.
Michelle ObamaThe dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples‘ attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.
Brian EnoI came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerHollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.
Kevin HartLater on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.
Elvis PresleyIn Hollywood a girl’s virtue is much less important than her hairdo.
Marilyn MonroeWhen 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 had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job. But I didn’t make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.
Clint EastwoodWe 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 Hollywood, they think they know it all. You, as a writer, are essentially an outsider. Novelists and short-story writers, especially.
Ray BradburyIn those days, the early 1980s, TV and film were interchangeable.
David HareI have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
Anthony HopkinsI’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 MonroeGovernance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.
Jimmy CarterIn the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
Noam ChomskyYou’ve gotta understand that with branding and the way things are promoted, in our day and age, your older movie stars are not reachable or accessible because they’re not a part of the whole social media world.
Kevin HartAn actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
Marilyn MonroeIf I want to be called ‚The Rock,‘ I’ll be called ‚The Rock.‘ If I want to go back to wrestling, I’ll go back to wrestling.
Dwayne JohnsonThis film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.
Clint EastwoodThere’s this lingering philosophy that movie stars shouldn’t do TV.
Dwayne JohnsonI laugh all the time – at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don’t laugh onstage because then it’s serious business.
Steven WrightAt the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel.
Clint EastwoodIf I’d married someone in show business, there’d be too much competition.
Dolly PartonI 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 JolieIn Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time.
Dwayne JohnsonThe average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
Katharine HepburnIt’s no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.
Walt DisneyIn 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 RogersEvery time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.
Jackie ChanWhat’s fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerCelebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BonoOnly the public can make a star. It’s the studios who try to make a system out of it.
Marilyn MonroeI’ve been fortunate to have had the life I had prior to Hollywood. I wasn’t starving; I was going to eat the next day.
Dwayne JohnsonI love making movies, but there’s nothing like performing live.
Dwayne JohnsonI’m not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don’t like L.A., but I’m just a Northern California guy.
Clint EastwoodI did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.
Elvis PresleyPlagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.
Clint EastwoodActor’s life is very long.
Jackie ChanWhen I got into this, I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me, I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.
Adam SandlerIt was 1996 and I was at a crossroads in my career. I had been working in Hollywood as a writer and was very unhappy. I had pitched an idea for a book some six months earlier, and the book packager, Joost Elffers, wanted me to write up a treatment for it.
Robert GreeneMeryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.
Denzel WashingtonIf I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.
Marilyn MonroeThe Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that’s not their concern.
Noam ChomskyDemocrats never agree on anything, that’s why they’re Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
Will RogersOne of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.
Beyonce KnowlesOne of my movies was called ‚True Lies.‘ It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerI used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, ‚There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.‘ But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.
Marilyn MonroeI think the whole stigma of ‚black movies‘ is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like ’12 Years A Slave,‘ to ‚The Butler,‘ to ‚The Best Man,‘ to ‚Ride Along,‘ to even ‚Think Like a Man‘ from last year – these movies are just good movies.
Kevin HartI’m always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
Dolly PartonI was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years – since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, ‚Hercules‘ was one of the movies that I – not chased, because I didn’t have the power to chase anything – but always had in the back of my mind.
Dwayne JohnsonWhat’s so beautiful about Miami is that we support each other. We’re just one big family, not just the entertainers, just everyone in general.
DJ KhaledYou 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.
EminemIt is no surprise that animation is Hollywood’s most successful and innovative genre.
Dwayne JohnsonThe future of American film lies on television.
David HareHollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it.
Dr. SeussThe quote-unquote ‚description‘ of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it’s about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can’t deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself.
Kevin HartI’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 KhaledI’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
Jackie Chan