Fred Thompson Quotes

I think that the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. If you think that nobody comes to Washington to do any good whatsoever, that is almost as bad as being starry-eyed and thinking that they are all here to advance democracy.

I don't live in the Hollywood bubble. I never have and I never will.

Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.

Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams.

It used to be that Washington admired Hollywood for its sex and Hollywood admired Washington for its power. These days, Washington admires Hollywood for its power and Hollywood admires Washington for its sex.

I’m always amused by politicians running against Washington, when they desperately want to get to Washington.

I always felt that Hollywood has a way of making you feel outside.

Hollywood has nothing to do with real life.

Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor who's been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous.

I'm kind of irritated by the Hollywood scene.

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

I don't believe there are heroes or saviours in politics.

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.

I live in Hollywood, but you can't make me love Hollywood. I'll never love Hollywood.

I don't think I ever understood Hollywood.

Hollywood is my domestic idyll.

I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place.

But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic.

People who leave Washington do so by way of the box... ballet or coffin.

Nothing surprises me when it comes to people in the entertainment business.

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

It is true what is said in Washington - 'No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to catch up.'