Quotes about Hollywood

Slumdog Millionaire has been a great achievement. It has opened the doors of Hollywood for Indian cinema.

I would just as soon listen to a gangster lecture on honesty as watch Hollywood portray the Bible.

Isn't Hollywood a dump — in the human sense of the word. A hideous town, pointed up by the insulting gardens of its rich, full of the human spirit at a new low of debasement.

I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called 'I Heart Huckabees.'

You can't break through Hollywood formulaic points of view. I've tried, and I think I was more successful than anybody at doing it.

Sometimes being a survivor is the greatest compliment you can get in Hollywood.

Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree.

The concept of even having fans is still kind of weird to me. I really just feel like a filmmaker that is only just finding my foot in and is beginning to participate in Hollywood and making films. So the idea of any kind of fandom or people that are waiting for something that I may release is very distant in my mind.

I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.

[ Hollywood] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men.

I don't think that Hollywood will have much to do with changing politics. Hollywood usually reflects things.