Willem Dafoe Quotes

There's nothing more American than movies.

Like it or not, I am part of the pop culture of films in Hollywood.

Hollywood has been an enormous part of my life, as I know it has been for countless fans all over the world.

My mind is always in Hollywood.

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

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

Hollywood isn't your cesspool, America. It's your mirror.

I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films.

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.

I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.

People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

One of my gripes about movies is that people take them so seriously, and the moneymaking aspects are so brutal.

Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it's all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly, you're treated in a manner befitting someone who is actually an important person.

I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

I'm from Los Angeles, and growing up here, I've always been enamored by Hollywood and the industry. It's just something I grew up with, and I loved it.

Academy Awards don't really solve anything.

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production.

Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.

Hollywood is a world all its own.

In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment. They're a way of life.

Today it's not culture; it's box office.

I love California. I love Hollywood.

When you buy a ticket, you're basically voting for whatever you see.