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.
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“I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.”
“Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.”
“Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.”
“London keeps me grounded.”
“You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.”
“Not living in L.A. gives me a different perspective. I'm not so caught up in the daily process of self-congratulations that's out there.”
“I've been in Los Angeles for a while, and the kind of psychological connection that one makes to people, it just doesn't happen out here.”
“Vegas is Sin City. It really gives you a feeling of looseness and anything can go.”
“If you go to Hollywood, you've already sold out.”
“California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.”
“I don't think I'd live in London unless you paid me.”
“Texas people are very open, because it's open.”
“I love Kentucky people, but you have to get on the inside before they accept you.”
“The French values are so different from American values.”
“In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy.”
“Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work.”
“One of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.”
“Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops.”
“Chicago is a great place to make a movie: great crews, incredible visuals.”
“In Hollywood, the cameraman lights the star. In Europe, he lights the set.”
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