Ray Davies Quotes

Everything is for sale in Hollywood; the fairy tale, the costume, the pumpkin, the footman and the mice.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.

I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience.

To this day, I don't know what shapes a Hollywood career.

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

One of the weird things about Hollywood is we're all imposters; we're all just glammed up.

I want to speak directly with a star, not her stylist.

The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives are boring.

The reason why people are huge stars is nothing to do with acting. It's the magic. Charisma is a word that's used too often; it's something special, and it's what makes stars. It's luck, and basically, it's genes.

When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.

Some people are really good at playing the movie star - they are really good at cultivating that mystique - but I'm not really into that.

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

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

Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.

What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.

You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

A little showbiz never hurt anyone.

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

I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.

I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.

A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.