Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.

Nothing recedes like success.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.

Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.

She's been on more laps than a napkin.

Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.

Relationships are like crystals you dont realize how much you love it until it breaks.

The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.

California is a place where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

Todays gossip is tomorrows headline.

It's a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do.

True friends walks in when the rest of the world has walked out.

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same.

I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.

It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide.

The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film.

Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star. We had no idea that other people would think we were special, because there was no other lifestyle to compare it to.

I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.

Hollywood is kind of a bad world.

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

I don't think I ever understood Hollywood.

I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress.

Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.

A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific.

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.

Everyone is treating it like a Hollywood story. In Madison, it's a neighborhood story.

Hollywood is what you make it; you have to choose company with care because you become what they are.

Hollywood is a world all its own.

Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.

If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change it to February 14. A Latin lover should be born on Valentine's Day. I said no.

In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world.