Relationships in Hollywood
Actors' quotes about relationships and social life
Topic description
This section collects actors and directors' quotes about relationship and friendship. How hard is it to build and preserve social relations in Hollywood? The main themes of this section are honesty, hypocrisy, friendship, hostility and bonding. On set, it is important to make friends, but sometimes is right in front of the cameras that actors start disliking each other. Here, celebrities share their experiences through their best quotes on social relations.
“Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.”
“I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange.”
“Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it. ”
“A fight can express things people might not be able to say with words. ”
“I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid.”
“I can see how you could get dragged into the bad stuff, but I've got good friends around me, good family. I think I've got my head screwed on.”
“Did you ever catch George Jessel at a funeral? It's wonderful. All through the years he makes notes on his friends. He wants to be ready.”
- Also found in The Art of Acting and Filmmaking
“You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?”
- Also found in The Art of Acting and Filmmaking
“There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned.”
“We have a deep need to affiliate, to be around people, and no creature on earth spends as much of its life depending on others as we do.”
- Also found in Spare Time in Hollywood
“There are some things I like about L.A. You can have a really healthy lifestyle, and I love running with the dogs on the beach. It's just the social scene is horrific!”
“It is discouraging to try to be a good neighbor in a bad neighborhood.”
“I don't have time for superficial friends.”
“Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.”
“There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.”
“If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.”
“You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone.”
“Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands.”
“Guys are kind of retarded until they're about 30.”
“What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.”
“I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.”
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