Actors' quotes about Hollywood and the International Cinema

“The American culture is a disaster.”
Johnny Depp

“I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.”
Robert De Niro

“In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.”
Heath Ledger

“One can live a simple life in Hollywood, despite reports to the contrary. You can be out in the open. You can ride horseback and even go swimming in the winter. New York has its decided advantages - plays, operas, art exhibits, auctions - and I would not want to stay away from it too long. But frankly, I would rather work in Hollywood.”
Rodolfo Valentino

“Paris is terribly expensive and I don't see how anyone would do a picture here for reasons of economy. It must be something else. Perhaps it's what the French call 'ambiance'.”
Anthony Perkins

“Do you know that the pizza in southern Italy is the dish of the poor? I come to America and see pizza signs everywhere. So I think America not so rich after all. Then I find eating pizza here is like eating hot dog - it's for fun.”
Sophia Loren

“I did not come to Hollywood in the first place because there were fame, riches, and glamour to be gained here. I came here because this is the place where pictures are made, many of them very excellent, and I felt that here was opportunity for the actress.”
Ingrid Bergman

“[Hollywood] is filled with people who make adventure pictures and who have never left this place... religious pictures and they haven't been in a church or synagogue for years... pictures about love and they have never been in love — ever.”
Richard Brooks

When I came to LA five years ago, I was shocked: all the women dressed like hookers. And part of me was happy: you know, I'd say to my wife "Honey, why don't you buy a pair of those pants — those skintight whore pants the Brentwood housewives are wearing".

David O. Russell

“I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.”
Michael Douglas

“Hollywood isn't anything like Hollywood.”
Will Smith

“I find Hollywood really toxic.”
Rachel Weisz

“The best actors don't seem to live in California any more. When I went there, everyone lived in LA. Now, they don't. Only the rocks stars and MTV people do. I don't want to live there and become an orange.”
Lauren Bacall

“I'll never understand the animal, the machine of Hollywood business. And I don't want to understand it. It's like joining a club, a clique just because everyone else is in it. You don't have any particular interest in it, and it has nothing to do with who you are as a person. You just join it because it's the thing to do. The quality of life is...” (continue)(continue reading)
Johnny Depp

“Hollywood is like life: you face it with the sum total of your equipment.”
Joan Crawford

“If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.”
Greta Garbo

“Take out all the homosexuals and there is no Hollywood.”
Liz Taylor

“Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can get fired by someone wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.
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Steve Martin

“LA weather is a sham, like most things there.”
John Boorman

“If I lived there, I'd move.”

Clint Eastwood

“The buildings looked so fake I was amazed to see that the facades had backs to them [. . .] It is a silly city.
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John Boorman

“Living in Hollywood is like wearing fibreglass underwear - interesting but painful.”
Robin Williams

“I'm proud to be from Philadelphia.”
Sherman Hemsley

“I see L.A. as a beautiful blonde with dirty underwear.”
David Boreanaz

“You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer.”
Hal Roach