Quotes tagged ‘Hollywood’

“Time is running short, but that doesn’t mean we should be reckless. We are fast entering a world in which there are no good options remaining to tackle climate change. Geoengineering is dangerous, but so are aerosols, and so is accelerating climate change. Absent a real-life Hollywood miracle, we’ll…”

— Eric Holthaus, grist.org

“I don’t know anyone for whom fame has been a mental health benefit.”

— Sara Benincasa, medium.com

“Jack Sweeney: Hear me out. We can’t get a star, right? So, what if we create our own star? Have a search for an unknown girl to play Veronica Blaire. Harry Sylver is going to polish his very own diamond in the rough. Like it? Harry Sylver: No, but I love it!”

— Rick Mitz, Jack Sweeney, Perry Stevens, imdb.com

“When I showed up on set, respect wasn’t a given—I had to repeatedly prove myself in order to earn it. I found a lot of men had contempt for me until they got to know me.”

— Rich Juzwiak, themuse.jezebel.com

“[deleted scene] Hooker #1: Hey, little man! You want some of this? Hooker #2: How 'bout you, big boy? Hooker #1: You got 50 bucks, we can get NASTY. Jay: Oh, yeah? How nasty? Hooker #2: As nasty as you want to be, papi. Jay: Oh, all right. Well, first, I want you to tongue my bung, while you juggle…”

— Kevin Smith, Jay, Jason Mewes, imdb.com

“All you motherfuckers are gonna pay. You are the ones who are the ball-lickers. We're gonna fuck your mothers while you watch and cry like little, whiny bitches. Once we get to Hollywood and find those Miramax fucks who is makin' the movie...we're gonna make them eat our shit, then shit out our shit…”

— Kevin Smith, Jay, Jason Mewes, imdb.com

“Johnny Fontane: [discussing his problems] I don't know what to do, Godfather. My voice is weak, it's weak. Anyway, if I had this part in the picture, it puts me right back on top, you know. But this... this man out there. He won't give it to me, the head of the studio. Don Corleone: What's his name?…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Vito Corleone, Marlon Brando, imdb.com

“Hollywood glamorized my wrath.”

— Third Eye Blind, open.spotify.com

“Invisible to the Hollywood shrine.”

— Panic! At The Disco, open.spotify.com

“Typical 'Hollywood hair' this is not: Camille has long waves, but not barrel waves, not beach waves, not trendy fuzzy Studio 54 waves. These are flat waves with an imperfect side part, and a few unassuming layers.”

— Perrie Samotin, glamour.com

“Myrtle: Madison, you are the worst kind of Hollywood cliche. You are a bubblehead with crotchless panties. Madison: And you're a dried up, old hot pocket, but I don't judge.”

— Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, Madison Montgomery, Emma Roberts, imdb.com

“Navid: Sometimes I feel like Hollywood's gone to his head. Silver: Unlike Navid Shirazi, who's the same club promoting player he was in high school.”

— Terrence Coli, Erin Silver, Jessica Stroup, imdb.com

“Watch it again. It’s mostly Tom’s fault. He’s projecting. He’s not listening. He’s selfish. Luckily he grows by the end.”

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, twitter.com

“The three true branches of the government are: military, corporate and Hollywood.”

— Linda Wallem, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Steven Hyde, Danny Masterson, imdb.com

“Hollywood has changed. It's not glamorous like the old days. Last time my wife and I went down there to go to the movies, we got car-jacked by a guy with a .357 Magnum.”

— Don Rickles, esquire.com

“Isn't this the Hollywood Stock Exchange? You know, where you buy and sell celebrity stocks based on the ups and down of their careers?”

— Chris McKenna, Mike Barker, Roger The Alien, Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com

“For a generation of writers willing to set aside their authorial egos in exchange for thousands of points of feedback, Wattpad’s writer-reader dialogue has certain demonstrated upsides.”

— Chris Lee, vulture.com

“The voice of the average, blue-collar American isn’t necessarily represented in Hollywood.”

— Chris Pratt, mensjournal.com

“In a business where people can be very competitive and ambitious, I had a strange lack of those emotions. When I didn’t get a job, I’d think, 'Of course! I would have picked her too!' I really believed it all had a purpose.”

— Julia Roberts, wmagazine.com

“It has to be very confusing and difficult to be a young woman in Hollywood today, the focus is so surgical on these girls—on everything they wear and every little detail of their lives in a way that I think is kind of negative. I don’t know how they handle it.”

— Julia Roberts, hollywood.com