Rashida Jones Quotes

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

I didn't grow up knowing actors' names, and my parents weren't theater people.

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

A lot of people assume that once you're working in Hollywood you become some sort of glamour-diva, which could not be further from the truth about me.

The whole idea of doing the Hollywood thing never even occurred to me. When you grow up on the East coast, Hollywood seems like this fantasy land and you don't think that people can actually make a living there.

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

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it.

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

My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn't. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn't care for the lifestyle.

Hollywood is my day job.

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

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

I'm not the Hollywood type. I'm not going to pack up my bags and let me move to Hollywood and stuff like that.

As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.

I didn't grow up as child actor.

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

We weren't a Hollywood family. We were simply a show business family.

My parents weren't actors or studio executives.

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.

Despite offers, I have never felt the urge to try to make it in Hollywood.

To even be a working entertainer in Hollywood is such a rare privilege.