Gary Cooper Quotes

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.

I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.

For the most part Hollywood is a world of imagination.

You can take Hollywood for granted like I did, or you can dismiss it with the contempt we reserve for what we don't understand. It can be understood too, but only dimly and in flashes. Not half a dozen men have ever been able to keep the whole equation of pictures in their heads.

Hollywood is Newark, New Jersey with palm trees.

California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.

Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going.

At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends.

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f***ed.

I don't know what they call Hollywood anymore. The whole meaning of the town has changed.

It's only a movie, and, after all, we're all grossly overpaid.

It's a chain of accidents. When you step into Hollywood, you wind yourself into thousands of chains of accidents. If all of the thousands happen to come out exactly right-and the chance of that figures out to be one in eight million-then you'll be a star.

Hollywood has nothing to do with real life.

The movie industry is full of crazy people who think that they are god.

I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die...

Hollywood, America's greatest modern contribution to world culture, is a business, a religion, an art form, and a state of mind.

Hollywood is tripping over its own feet.

I've always wanted to do a movie, and I really feel the urge to do it.I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

Hollywood is a changing world these days. This is one of the things that ought to be changed.

We were bemused, I guess, when we got the call from Hollywood. We didn't know anything about the entertainment industry or even what a casting agency was. But I thought, 'What do I have to lose?' It's not every day a great opportunity presents itself.

When I was 23, I went to work for Jack Nicholson reading scripts. Later, I was married to a production designer named Richard Sylbert. So I lived in Los Angeles for ten years.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.