Coy Bowles Quotes

I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become a movie star,' or anything like that.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

I had no dream of being a movie star.

Hollywood's full of transients. Everybody comes from somewhere else.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.

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

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

My parents weren't actors or studio executives.

I never had high expectations going into Hollywood. I went there just to work.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

I got to work with Sarah Michelle Gellar, and that's the thing that you dream of.

I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business.

In L.A. everyone is in the entertainment industry, so you're forced to think about work.

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.

I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

Hollywood to me is a place to work. Home is Chester County.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.