Hollywood Quotes

"Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel."
-Oscar Levant

"Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality."
-Grace Kelly

"Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation."
-Walter Winchell

"You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well."
-Carrie Fisher

"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
-Fred Allen

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."
-Marilyn Monroe

"Bill has come down to Hollywood to make this announcement, and that is a first."
-James Cameron

"We were supposed to stay here until Wednesday. That's the life in Hollywood. Always on the run."
-Saskia Kilcher

"In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk."
-Rita Rudner

"It's a Hollywood creation - part actual research, development, and science, and part movie."
-Gary Sinise

"[BURBANK, Calif. - In an interview with] Access Hollywood, ... doesn't accept acting work anymore."
-Jamie Lee Curtis

"Oh, God! To have a billboard in Hollywood - you've made it."
-Rachel Ward

"We thought it was really good, just a little bit of Hollywood, but it was about 90 percent the way it was."
-Norma Dearfield

"The bottom line is, if you don't ask, you are not going to get it. But the one thing about Hollywood is that it is very hard to bully anyone when you are asking for that kind of price."
-Tom Sherak

"I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling."
-Jamie Foxx

"Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world."
-Lionel Barrymore

"Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors."
-Walter Winchell

"Gene had a tremendous game. Our defensive front unit played really well. [Hollywood Hills] was excellent. I don't see how they're a surprise in this county."
-George Smith

"I'm bringing Hollywood to Collingswood."
-Bill Fisher

"I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again."
-Lee Remick

"I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit."
-Tony Goldwyn

"If I were pitching it in Hollywood, ... I'd say it's `The Out-of-Towners' with a brain transplant."
-Bruce Campbell

"I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up!"
-Patsy Kelly

"People used to drive through here from Hollywood to see their movies."
-Alan Ladd

"If the vote was today, Hollywood would be an independent city."
-Johnny Grant

"Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be."
-Lionel Barrymore

"Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills."
-Nancy Drew

"Hollywood is more forgiving than the church."
-Richard Rossi