I’ve always loved the idea of playing Black Adam.
Dwayne JohnsonIn Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can’t read. If they could read their stuff, they’d stop writing.
Will RogersHollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn MonroeI will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I’m not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy.
Clint EastwoodWhere quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
William JamesThe dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples‘ attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.
Brian EnoIn Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
Will RogersNo man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI do love the films I’ve done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we’re trying to make people laugh and I’m very proud of that.
Adam SandlerIt’s true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.
Christopher HitchensI wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
Lady GagaWhat’s fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerIn Los Angeles, everyone is a star.
Denzel WashingtonI seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It’s like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I’d like to play strong women who are also very feminine.
Angelina JolieI don’t know that much about who directs what movies, but I’m definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
Lana Del ReyI don’t think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.
Angelina JolieI think the whole stigma of ‚black movies‘ is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like ’12 Years A Slave,‘ to ‚The Butler,‘ to ‚The Best Man,‘ to ‚Ride Along,‘ to even ‚Think Like a Man‘ from last year – these movies are just good movies.
Kevin HartAll happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
Baruch SpinozaOne of my movies was called ‚True Lies.‘ It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerI was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years – since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, ‚Hercules‘ was one of the movies that I – not chased, because I didn’t have the power to chase anything – but always had in the back of my mind.
Dwayne JohnsonI used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, ‚There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.‘ But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.
Marilyn MonroeMeryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.
Denzel WashingtonI just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just… wouldn’t have come up out of the water.
Keanu ReevesI don’t know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can’t stand to be invited someplace that isn’t full of other important people. They don’t mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.
Marilyn MonroeMy folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.
John WayneI love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can’t wait to do more.
RihannaIn Hollywood a girl’s virtue is much less important than her hairdo.
Marilyn MonroeI met Will Smith twice. I didn’t talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him – he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.
J. ColeMovies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Walt DisneyI didn’t watch ‚The A-Team‘ movie. I’m an artist. You can’t re-paint a Rembrandt. You can’t duplicate that; I don’t care who you get.
Mr. TLife guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.
Mr. TI cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset – tears are words waiting to be written.
Paulo CoelhoIn large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.
Friedrich NietzscheHuman beings need stories, and we’re looking for them in all kinds of places; whether it’s television, whether it’s comic books or movies, radio plays, whatever form, people are hungry for stories.
Paul AusterBetter a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
PlatoIn every movie I do have a dialogue.
Jackie ChanAn actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
Marilyn MonroeI think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
Denzel WashingtonI really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
Jackie ChanI’m not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don’t like L.A., but I’m just a Northern California guy.
Clint EastwoodI don’t know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn’t hurt the book.
Paul AusterIt’s nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren’t the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with.
Jim CarreyI’m not someone who sits at home and doesn’t like to go out, doesn’t like to watch movies. I like to live my life.
Virat KohliIn the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me ‚Jackie Who?‘.
Jackie ChanBooks like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Samuel JohnsonBefore ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards – a massive star.
Dwayne JohnsonI like Tom Ford a lot because it’s so classic and has great quality. I wear a lot of Rag & Bone.
Tom BradyFor me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing – stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses – makes more money for me than making movies.
Jackie ChanI am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.
George LucasAdmiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.
Friedrich NietzscheThere are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.
Leonardo da VinciI’ve choreographed all of my movies.
Jackie ChanI know about two things: ‚Rocky III‘ and Clubber Lang, and ‚A-Team‘ and B.A. Baracus. That’s who I am!
Mr. TIf one plays good music, people don’t listen and if one plays bad music people don’t talk.
Oscar WildeI trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I’ve always thought it isn’t that different from everybody else’s.
Brian EnoOn ‚Think Like a Man,‘ they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character.
Kevin HartI have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.
Lou HoltzI have an immense amount of respect for acting. I’ve always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.
Dwayne JohnsonA film is sort of binary – it either works or it doesn’t work. It has nothing to do with how good a job you do. If you bring it up to an adequate level where the audience goes with the movie, then it works, that is all.
George LucasI’m not a film buff. I don’t watch a lot of movies.
Denzel Washington