Hollywood and The Other Hollywood
Actors' quotes about Hollywood and the International Cinema
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This section contains quotes about America and all the other nations where cinema has a patriotic value. For Hollywood movies stars, being a filmmaker is the maximum expression of talent, success and fame that can be achieved. Anyway, many actors arrive in California but immediately turn on their heels and return to where they came from. Others - those who were born and raised in the shadow of the Hollywood Sign - can't wait to leave this place, because they know there are other ways and other countries where they could be filmmakers, like France and Italy.
“East Coast audiences are a bit brighter than Las Vegas audiences.”
“If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.”
“Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true?”
“In Hungary, acting is a profession. In America, it is a decision.”
“Prague is the Paris of the '90s. ”
“I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.”
“I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.”
“The Masonic aspect of Hollywood is so bizarre.”
“In London, nobody comments on what you wear.”
“Winning is everything in Hollywood.”
“Boston is actually the capital of the world.”
“Every time I’m back in Chicago it’s like going back to the future.”
“I’m a New York actor as I said and I always said I would never go to Hollywood.”
“I love England and the historical aspect of it.”
“I spend a lot of time in California, but New York is still my main home.”
“I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.”
“In New York, you can literally walk outside, and wind up anywhere.”
“Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.”
“I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.”
“I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.”
“Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers.”
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