Quotes about Hollywood movies

The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems. Votes: 4

Even I haven't downed enough L.A. Kool-Aid to believe that somehow Hollywood movies are an overt instrument of morality. Votes: 4

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films. Votes: 4

I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times. Votes: 4

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him. Votes: 4

Hollywood movies are seen throughout the world. Votes: 2

Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies. Votes: 2

Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies. Votes: 2

I'm not sure that it's easy to find very interesting female characters in Hollywood movies. Votes: 2

Dark, subtle, complex, wicked - if only Hollywood movies were half as interesting as Hollywood accounting. Votes: 2

Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports. Votes: 2

I like Hollywood movies. I like them like I like to eat scrambled eggs; I like them for fun. Votes: 2

I guess being French, I love Hollywood. I love Hollywood movies. Joseph Mankiewicz's 'All About Eve.' 'Mildred Pierce.' Votes: 2

I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment. Votes: 2

In today's world, America's soft power is commonly thought to reside in the global popularity of Hollywood movies, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks. Votes: 2

This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times... Votes: 2

I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl. Votes: 2

If you look at the range of Hollywood movies playing in most cities in the developing world, you'd hate the America they portray, too. Votes: 2

People are drawn to radical Islam because they feel their traditional ways of life threatened by the influx of KFC and Hollywood movies and the like. Votes: 2

It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage. Votes: 2

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies. Votes: 2

I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - Ill devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is Sunset Boulevard starring Gloria Swanson. Votes: 2

I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson. Votes: 2

I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction filmmaking, you really feel like you're creating something. Votes: 2

As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making. Votes: 2

If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic. Votes: 2

Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad, worn, methodical beauty few films have had since the late twenties. Votes: 2

Hollywood movies of the Fifties, like The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, with their epic clash of pagan and Judeo-Christian cultures, tell more about art and society than the French-infatuated ideologues who have made a travesty of the best American higher criticism. Votes: 2

Because I was a kid from north of England, the only films I had access to was not alternative cinema, which in those days would be foreign cinema; I would be looking at all the Hollywood movies that arrived at my High Street. Votes: 2

I do think there's a smaller audience that's looking for something that's a little more adult and a little more nuanced [than many Hollywood movies]. At the same time, I think everyone who's making movies hopes to appeal to the widest audience possible. Votes: 2

There are very few distributors left to do off-Hollywood movies, and those distributors generally have got thousands of movies to choose from. So you're pretty lucky if you get one to even take your movie and it's pretty rare that they pay anything upfront. Votes: 2

That's What She Said' is not Hollywood's standard picture of women: preternaturally gorgeous, wedding obsessed, boy crazy, fashion focused, sexed up 'girl' women. These are real women, comically portrayed, who are trying to wrestle with the very expectations of womanhood that Hollywood movies set up. Votes: 2

Stephen Hawking's been watching too many Hollywood movies. I think the only kind aliens in Hollywood are the ones created by Steven Spielberg - 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'E.T.,' for example. All other aliens are trying to suck our brains out. Votes: 2

But in the back of my mind I've always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie, if it's done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me, if I have the opportunity to do it. Votes: 2

Black Swan' does what Hollywood movies have always done - it spends its energies on getting some surface things right while getting everything important wrong. Darren Aronofsky, the director, applies the same techniques and the same sensibility here as he did with 'The Wrestler,' only with a prettier protagonist. Votes: 2

I like to take risks and do weird things and stuff that's not normal compared to other Hollywood movies. Not stuff that's totally avant garde and daring, but doing stuff that's in other languages and not using stars and using real people - things that they generally don't do in mainstream films. Votes: 2

I see characters lying all the time in a lot of Hollywood movies. They can't do this because it would affect the movie this way or that or this demographic might not like it. To me a character can't do anything good or bad, they can only do something that's true or not. Votes: 2

Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you. Votes: 2

When people think about this religion, they'll say "voodoo" this and "voodoo" that in the way the Hollywood movies show it: the sticking of pins in dolls. It's very different than Vodou - which is a religion that comes to Haiti from our ancestors in Africa. I want to differentiate it from the stereotypical, sensationalized view that we see of the religion. Votes: 2

We're bombarded with liberal propaganda 24/7, from the early morning shows, Hollywood movies, documentaries and sitcoms, all major newspapers, fashion magazines, the sports pages, public schools, college professors and administrators, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Unless liberals specifically seek out Ann Coulter books and columns, which I highly recommend, or tune into Fox News or conservative talk radio, they have no idea what conservatives are thinking. Votes: 2

The great exception to that, of course, is Johnny Depp, who is absolutely the ultimate character actor. Johnny Depp is the future of the character actor and thanks to his success maybe we will see the return of an era when my sort of actor is back in vogue. It's not in vogue for me to be in Hollywood movies as lots of different people. Votes: 2

I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing. Votes: 2

Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists. Time travel is possible. For example, an object traveling at high speeds ages more slowly than a stationary object. This means that if you were to travel into outer space and return, moving close to light speed, you could travel thousands of years into the Earth's future. Votes: 2

Hollywood is throwing action movies at me. Votes: 0

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood. Votes: 0

I, like most people, came out to Hollywood to get into movies. Votes: 0

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me. Votes: 0

Hollywood exists only for the B-movies. The best things are coming from Europe. Votes: 0

We need Hollywood to make movies and television shows about sexy female engineers. Votes: 0

Children ought to watch pornographic movies: it's healthier than learning about sex from Hollywood. Votes: 0

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies. Votes: 0

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies Votes: 0

Hollywood is responsible for some of the greatest and worst movies of all time! Votes: 0

Movies in general are more generic. If something sells just make more. That's Hollywood. Votes: 0

But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC. Votes: 0

Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood. Votes: 0

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood. Votes: 0

When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies. Votes: 0

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood. Votes: 0

I won`t buy into the Hollywood thing...I want to be in good movies. Votes: 0

I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough. Votes: 0

I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood. Votes: 0

I always liked movies, so I started writing for Hollywood, but my day job was physics. Votes: 0

Isn't Hollywood - and I love movies - a lot of it about a big lie? Votes: 0

Does Hollywood do movies about terrorism? Yeah. And why do they do that? Because it sells. Votes: 0

I just wanted to do hair in the movies and in Hollywood, and made it work. Votes: 0

Movies in Hollywood now, for the past 20 or 30 years, are made mainly by lawyers or agents. Votes: 0

For the most part, Hollywood is very transactional. People want to make movies and television shows. Votes: 0

For me, rather than the language, the Hollywood system of making movies was a tremendous learning experience. Votes: 0

Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies. Votes: 0

Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies Votes: 0

I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again. Votes: 0

Making movies is just as much of a game. They say Hollywood is like high school with money. Votes: 0

I love watching Hollywood movies - I just don't know if I'd be happy doing a 'Jurassic Park. Votes: 0

Movie studios, Hollywood studios, by and large are not making the kind of movies that I go to see. Votes: 0

I love watching Hollywood movies - I just don't know if I'd be happy doing a 'Jurassic Park.' Votes: 0

Every decade or so, Hollywood has an epiphany. It turns out faith-based audiences enjoy going to the movies, too. Votes: 0

All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more. Votes: 0

In Hollywood, I'm lucky, I only do big movies like 'Blade.' It's much more comfortable: you have a trailer. Votes: 0

My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child. Votes: 0

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies. Votes: 0

There were Hollywood movies and then there were those aggressively anti-narrative films that they showed at the Collective for Living Cinema. Votes: 0

Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous. Votes: 0

Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things. Votes: 0

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old. Votes: 0

Even being close to L.A., I was always inspired by old movies and Marilyn Monroe and the glamour of Hollywood. Votes: 0

I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing, I think you ought to try to say something with your movies. Votes: 0

So I got caught up in the same wave as everybody else and went right out to Hollywood, to make movies. Votes: 0

There are conservatives in Hollywood who make good movies. They just don't make conservative movies because that's not what gets funded. Votes: 0

Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb! Votes: 0

Hollywood movies are designed for 15-year-old youths from North Dakota who, intellectually speaking, are on equal terms with a British zoo animal. Votes: 0

I never thought about movies. I never thought about Hollywood. It was just being on the stage and being in New York. Votes: 0

Some of my favorite movies are Hollywood movies. Hollywood is part of the cinematic spectrum. I nurture a healthy love-hate relationship with Hollywood. Votes: 0

On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material. Votes: 0

Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer. Votes: 0

I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies. Votes: 0

In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it. Votes: 0

I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were. Votes: 0

I reject the concept that comic books in movies are a genre. I have been fighting that for many years, with the powers-that-be in Hollywood. Votes: 0

I love watching old movies anyway - I grew up with my mom watching old movies and being immersed in the history of old Hollywood. Votes: 0

I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special effects. Votes: 0

I think it's nice to get a break from all of the big Hollywood comic book action-movies and see something that's relatable and funny and interesting. Votes: 0

For me, trying to expand the energy to make one movie in Hollywood would be the equivalent in terms of energy to making 10 movies in Japan. Votes: 0

Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the time. Votes: 0

There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist. Votes: 0

I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the studio orchestras in Hollywood. Votes: 0

I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it. Votes: 0

They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money. Votes: 0

I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up! Votes: 0

Cult movies are basically movies Hollywood missed the first time - that they should have gotten - and then the fans got it and made it successful. Votes: 0

Addams Family blew my mind because it was the first time I was in L.A. and Hollywood, and I grew up a huge fan of movies. Votes: 0

Since Hollywood seems to be more interested in people wearing tights and using powers, there seems to be a fertile ground for movies about real human beings. Votes: 0

I think that weird rumor or idea in Hollywood that people don't want to see female-driven movies couldn't be further from the truth. Women buy tickets to movies. Votes: 0

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity. Votes: 0

Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence. I make movies, and in Hollywood, that's career suicide. Votes: 0

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot. Votes: 0

Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor. Votes: 0

You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth. Votes: 0

In Hollywood, you're always playing roles... It's like going through the motions. But in real life, it's like, you gotta take care of business. It's not just the movies. Votes: 0

Hollywood movies are run on fear and they don't want to make bold choices. They, generally, speaking want to keep things status quo. That's not really interesting for me. Votes: 0

Not only does Hollywood make money - it seems to make better movies during recessions. I'm sure a lot of studio executives wish we could have one every year. Votes: 0

Only a small percentage of novelists, painters, musicians, scientists, anywhere in the world, are talented. But there are many more in Hollywood than one would expect from looking movies. Votes: 0

For big Hollywood movies, I'm on the more character-driven side of the equation. So, TV is a natural place for me to be because you've got no choice, but to be character-driven. Votes: 0

I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular. Votes: 0

If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic Votes: 0