David Milch Quotes

Hollywood is called Hollywood, but holly doesn't grow there. Right from the start it's based on a lie. But it's a very seductive lie, and we're still entranced by it.

A great deal of my mail comes from fans of the 'Oz' picture - fans of all ages. The scholarly, the curious, the disbelievers write and ask how? why? when? what for? did you fly? melt? scream? cackle? appear? disappear? produce? sky-write? deal with monkeys? etc., etc., etc.

Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.

I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.

When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears.

First off, from reading the script and knowing that I was going to be apart of it, I'm a huge 'Wizard of Oz' fan so to be involved in something that was connected to the original books was really exciting for me and it was very different than anything I had ever worked on before.

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

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

I think there's a huge amount of magic on television, which is slightly vapid: there's no real meaning or message behind it; it is simply a trick.

How much cooler was Oz than seeing the little dude behind the curtain?

The whole point of movie glamour was - and is - escape.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

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

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies.

I've always said it ain't 'Show Friends.' It's 'Show Business.'

When the fans were watching my dad, you could never tell if this was real or is this fake, and that's what made him so special. Every ounce of energy went to being The Nature Boy.

We're not telling you we're out there fighting each other. We're going out there to entertain you.

I loved 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I'm a huge Judy Garland fan, too.

The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

Hollywood is a mirage factory.

If the Wizard of Oz were real he would be in Hollywood.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.