I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.
In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'
Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.
Given the choice of Hollywood or poking steel pins in my eyes, I'd prefer steel pins.
This same habitual blindness to spiritual, substantive dimensions of every significant challenge continues to handicap Hollywood.
The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back.
When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.
I'm not comfortable with getting a job by being at the right Hollywood party; I'm not a terribly sociable creature.
A lot of people assume that once you're working in Hollywood you become some sort of glamour-diva, which could not be further from the truth about me.
We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.
Hollywood is a far safer place to work than working abroad, because of the skill level, and because of the safety considerations that experience and unionization have created.
For a long time, I think my family thought I was living in a $3 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills.
Hollywood is in the perception business where you create layers to create mystery. In Silicon Valley it's about taking away the layers to get to the substance.
The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or just another business property.
I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.
Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!
I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.
To me, Cary Grant is probably the most fashionable man in the history of Hollywood. The guy was just slick. He did it so effortlessly.
When I was a teenager, my dad used to call me 'Hollywood' because I wore sunglasses all the time, even at night. Cue song.
I live in Hollywood, California. It's absolutely nothing like Absaroka County, Wyoming. For me, it's a great escape and I really enjoy it.
