Film — Live-Action
"When I was her age I was down on my knees to half the men in this town!"
—Arlene, Night Moves
Stage Mom: You said that if I slept with you my son would get the part.
Barney: Well, apparently I'm a better actor than your kid.
Barney: Well, apparently I'm a better actor than your kid.
"...if I learned one thing from all the Harvey Weinstein stories, well it's that pretty much anyone can act. What other profession works this way? You want to be a commercial airline pilot? Okay, just blow that fat Jew."
"And in conclusion, your honor, I hope I slept with you to get the job, because if not, who the hell was that guy?!"
—From Carrie Fisher's roast of George Lucas.
Undiscovered actresses take one look at him and know his first question is going to be unzipping his pants. If evil scientists collected all the sperm from Hollywood casting room couches and jammed it into Tori Spelling, David Heavener is the beast that would hatch from her chestplate.
This is probably as good a time as any to bring up the Weinstein factor. It turns out that producer Harvey Weinstein has been a major factor in several “What the Hell Happened” stories.
By now, everybody pretty much knows the story of how Pia Zadora ROCKED the Golden Globes in 1982 when she won “Best New Star of the Year”...Yes, Pia obviously had something to do with the Golden Globes getting rid of that category. But they didn’t get rid of it because her husband bought her the award. They got rid of it because they realized that no young artiste could ever top this
multi-layered acting triumph!
multi-layered acting triumph!—Michael K., "Pia Zadora, the forever pride of the Golden Globes!"
, "Pia Zadora, the forever pride of the Golden Globes!"Mike: Moira McTaggart? More like Moira McTagalong.
Jay: You're just full of 'em today. You're just full of them puns.
Mike: I hope Bryan Singer was excited to be working with James McAvoy.
Jay: Why do you say that?
Mike: Well, he originally thought his name was James Mack-a-Boy. "Oh, hey, we got a lot in common."
Jay: You're just full of 'em today. You're just full of them puns.
Mike: I hope Bryan Singer was excited to be working with James McAvoy.
Jay: Why do you say that?
Mike: Well, he originally thought his name was James Mack-a-Boy. "Oh, hey, we got a lot in common."
"She screws me to get in my picture, and then she screws up my picture!"
— Michael Curtiz to an actress who kept forgetting her line, as quoted by Alan King
"I’ve enjoyed some of the acting I’ve done, North And South and the movie The First Great Train Robbery. But I’ve done a lot of stuff that I didn’t enjoy. Part of that was because of all the lecherous men, studio executives, producers, directors. There was a lot of running away and hiding under tables. They made everything so uncomfortable."
"His office has a huge shag carpet — shag, I’ll repeat that, shag — and a huge screaming casting couch. Casting, casting, casting, casting couch. And he says, ‘Listen, I can’t tell what your body looks like with what you’re wearing, so why don’t you stand up and take off your dress?’ I started crying, and I said, ‘My video’s for sale for $14.99, go buy it if you want to see.’"
