Quotes tagged ‘Hollywood’

“'I’m learning to let go of the myth of perfection and the assignment that our role as women in the public eye is to never make mistakes. Early on, I thought my role was to be perfect, to be a saint, a model citizen, a model woman, a model Latina, whom everyone could be proud of. It’s a really harmfu…”

— Kayla Webley Adler, elle.com

“With Hollywood on strike for most of the summer it's shaping up to be a strange year for television. We scoured the streaming sites to find fantastic new releases (there are quite a few!) and excellent shows that you might have missed or that are worth revisiting. Search by genre and streaming platf…”

— Glen Weldon, Linda Holmes, Aisha Harris, Eric Deggans, npr.org

“After 118 days on the picket lines, the longest such strike in Hollywood’s history, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.”

— WILL BEDINGFIELD, Angela Watercutter, wired.com

“SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood's studios may be back to the negotiating table. After 116 days on strike, the union representing Hollywood's 160,000 actors plans to counter several points in the deal put forth by the studios and streamers over the weekend, NBC has learned from four sources familiar with the…”

— Chloe Melas, nbcnews.com

“The only reason anybody from a studio comes to see you is if they think you’re going to make them money; they don’t come because they like you.”

— John Carpenter, deadline.com

“Imagine getting murdered because your showrunner wanted to turn your primetime scissoring soap into a murder mystery as a backdoor pilot to send the most cartoony character to jail to headline a prison show.”

— Heather Hogan, autostraddle.com

“The deal is sure to face criticism from lawmakers.”

— Wendy Lee, Ryan Faughnder, latimes.com

“I auditioned many, many, many times. And then it was between me and one other woman, whose name I know but I will never say publicly. I’m sure the fact that I was Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis’s daughter, and that my mother had been in “Psycho”—if you’re going to choose between this one and this one,…”

— Jamie Lee Curtis, newyorker.com

“Hollywood is teaching people that the way you react when you see a transgender person's body is to vomit.”

— Nick Adams, imdb.com

“There was a lot that people could have been interested in in me when I was young. They didn’t want to express it, because they didn’t want to praise the Black girl.”

— Thandie Newton, vulture.com

“They see the world like us: malleable for the better, beautifully complicated, and filled with stories that need to be told.”

— Danielle Kwateng-Clark, Teen Vogue, teenvogue.com

“Hollywood is make-believe, and that’s confusing.”

— Kirk Douglas, theguardian.com

“Sunday's Critics' Choice Awards ceremony saw much of Hollywood gather to find out who would be crowned a winner.”

— Vogue, vogue.com

“This country has been bound for glory or the ditch, which is really the nature of all popular culture, of the Hollywood blockbuster, of the great American Dream.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, amazon.com

“Dusty Bottoms: Hey, Lucky, what are you gonna do with your share of the money? Lucky Day: [thinks] A car. A big, shiny silver car. I'll drive all over Hollywood. Show Flugleman a thing or two. What about you? Dusty Bottoms: New York. Maybe Paris. Champagne. Parties. I'll be a big shot for a while. L…”

— Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman, Lucky Day, Steve Martin, imdb.com

“It was an open secret in Hollywood. Like how Kevin Costner is three different people.”

— John Mulaney, Bill Hader, Jerry Wallach, Bill Hader, imdb.com

“It literally took me fourteen years to 'make it' in any real, bill-paying way in show business.”

— Karen Kilgariff, amazon.com

“The first half of the two-and-a-half-minute trailer plays like a goofy buddy comedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Western actor Rick Dalton and his stuntman, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). The two pal around on various sets, and Leo roasts some Nazis with a flamethrower in a movie, but once Dalton realize…”

— River Donaghey, vice.com

“Hollywood had revealed itself in countless ways as one of the most hypocritical capitalist enclaves in the world.”

— Bret Easton Ellis, nypost.com

“The connections between China and the coffers of our politicians and the entertainment industry are well-known. In the past several years, the Chinese have made major investments into Hollywood, scooping up Legendary Entertainment of Jurassic World fame, AMC Entertainment, and even Dick Clark Produc…”

— Tracy Beanz, tracybeanz.com