Ben Hecht Quotes

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

And I wasn't crazy about Hollywood in those days.

Hollywood is always about Hollywood.

I don't work for Hollywood.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

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

Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.

I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit.

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.

I never took to Hollywood.

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

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

I'm from Los Angeles, and growing up here, I've always been enamored by Hollywood and the industry. It's just something I grew up with, and I loved it.

Hollywood is my day job.

It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

I always admired the beautiful stars of Hollywood and dreamt of becoming one of them.

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

When we first went to L.A., Howard Koch, who was the head of Paramount Pictures and later President of the Oscars, threw a welcome lunch for us at his house. There were all these stars there - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Lucille Ball, Natalie Wood, Henry Mancini.

When I first dreamt of becoming a movie star, I wanted to be a Gary Cooper: I wanted to be rich and famous, living in palaces and wearing dark glasses and white suits.

I don't own Hollywood.