Line #8 Quotes/HorribleHollywood


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3	[[folder:Blogs]]
4	->''Having lived in Los Angeles for nearly three months, I can assure you that [[http://joshreads.com/images/14/11/i141124spidey.jpg panel two’s]] depiction of a Hollywood producer is 100% accurate.''
5	-->--'''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'''''
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7	->''In a [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/jennifer-aniston-interview-morning-show-friends-murder-mystery-sequel-1235058142/ recent interview]] with the Hollywood Reporter, Creator/JenniferAniston lamented that the movie industry is "becoming about [=TikTok=] and Instagram", claiming that many actors are hired primarily because of their follower count. With decades of experience as an actress, she no doubt remembers the good old days when casting was based on [[{{Nepotism}} nepotism]] and [[CastingCouch sexual favors]].''
8	-->-- '''[[https://tamtheman.wordpress.com/2021/12/14/hit-or-miss/ Tam the Man]]'''
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11	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
12	->''"When most people think of L.A., they think of the bright lights and glamor of Hollywood. But those lights cast dark shadows. Shadows that hide even darker secrets."''
13	-->--'''Jim Corrigan''', ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseTheSpectre''
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15	->''"Sometimes, there isn't a hell of a lot of satisfaction in my job. It's hard watching talented, beautiful people throw their lives away for nothing... But this is a town where fame and fortune too easily bring out the worst in people. "''
16	-->--'''Jim Corrigan''', ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseTheSpectre''
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19	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
20	->'''Celeste:''' [accepting an award] Oh, there's so many people to thank! First of all, my fabulous supporting cast, who gives a new meaning to the word "support"...\
21	'''Ariel:''' (Bitch!)\
22	'''David:''' (Hag!)\
23	'''Montana:''': (I hate her so much!)
24	-->--''Film/{{Soapdish}}''
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27	[[folder:Music]]
28	->''All around, people lookin' half-dead\
29	Walkin' on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head''
30	-->--'''Lovin' Spoonful''', "Summer in the City"
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33	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
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35	->''"MOVIES, MOVIES!\
36	WOW THEY ROCK!”\
37	Well once they did,\
38	But listen kids:\
39	It's all a big crock!\
40	Now it's market trends, fickle friends and hollywood baloney\
41	Believe me [[Creator/NeilPatrickHarris Neil]], you're better off polishing your Tony''
42	-->--'''Creator/JackBlack''', 87th UsefulNotes/{{Academy Awards\|Ceremonies}} (shortly before Creator/AnnaKendrick throws a shoe at him)
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44	->"I'm a fucking talk show host, okay? I'm all fucked up."
45	-->--'''Larry''', ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'' ("Putting the 'Gay' Back in Litigation")
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48	[[folder:Theatre]]
49	->''The usual crowd. The traveling compliment show. Everyone thrilled with everyone's success; positively orgasmic at anyone's failure. Envy so thick, you can cut it with the knife lodged in every other back. The script's going along pretty well. Some interesting changes I sort of like. At any rate, Buddy does, therefore, I do.''
50	-->-- '''Stine''', ''Theatre/CityOfAngels''
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53	[[folder:Video Games]]
54	->'''Johnny Cage:''' I know studio execs tougher than you!\
55	'''Kabal:''' No suit's gonna slit your throat!\
56	'''Johnny Cage:''' Have you ''been'' to Hollywood?
57	-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''
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59	->'''Ashrah:''' Your Hollywood is rife with evil.\
60	'''Johnny Cage:''' You don't need your [[DetectEvil kriss]] to know that.
61	-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''
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64	[[folder:Web Original]]
65	->''Movies have a long and storied tradition of biting the hand that feeds them, lashing out at the callus, cold-bloodedness of Hollywood and the soul-selling 'artists' who reside there. However, the Coen Brother's ''Barton Fink'' may be the first to depict Hollywood both literally and metaphorically as hell, going as far as [[ANaziByAnyOtherName to compare the studio system to the Nazis.]]''
66	-->--'''[[http://www.hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=1946&reviewer=255 Matt Muchaley]]''' on ''Film/BartonFink''
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68	->''I know, BREAKING NEWS, a creepy grown Hollywood director [[CastingCouch tried to get on a pretty, barely legal]] girl. The real news is that Woody tried to get with Mariel when she was already legal. But WTF at her parents... ''“Iss okay, honey, juss share a room with him. [[StageMom He’ll make you faymish!]]“
69	-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/03/26/woody-allen-tried-to-get-with-mariel-hemingway-when-she-was-barely-legal-so-says-mariel-hemingway/ Michael K.]]''', "Creator/WoodyAllen Tried To Get With Mariel Hemingway When She Was Barely Legal"
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71	->''Britney sits down with the camera and says 'DEAR GOD HELP ME GET OUT OF HERE. I CAN NO LONGER FEEL MYSELF IN MY OWN SKIN. I CAN ONLY SUBMERSE MYSELF DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO MY OWN PAIN. PLEASE SOMEONE, ANYONE SAVE ME FROM THIS.' And then the interviewer says ''[[CassandraTruth hahahhah]] Britney you are the best OMG tell us how you stay so fit, girl!''
72	-->-- ''[[http://jezebel.com/britney-spears-delusional-documentary-is-a-hot-glit-1491497710 Jezebel]]'', "Music/BritneySpears' Delusional 'Documentary' is a Hot, Glittery Mess"
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74	->''Given the [[HostilityOnTheSet back-and-forth comments]] between the actress and her director, I suspect the [[GodwinsLaw Hitler comparison]] was meant to be a joke. But [[Creator/MichaelBay Bay]] doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who can take being publicly embarrassed... In order to revive her flagging career, Fox was forced to issue a public ''mea culpa'' and reunite with the man who ruined her reputation.''
75	-->--'''[[https://lebeauleblog.com/2019/07/12/what-the-hell-happened-to-megan-fox/ LeBeau]]''', "What the Helll Happened to Creator/MeganFox?"
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77	->''Everyone in L.A. is either dead of COVID or can’t get an audition right now. I know a lot of depressed people in L.A. Know why? Because L.A. treats everyone like disposable chum and then has the balls to say they should be happy because the weather is nice and there are beaches locals never go to. These new logos should be fucking dead gray. The uniforms should be too, but instead you got new threads “Inspired by the color of a ram horn and the sands of L.A…” That shit looks like a new Butterfinger wrapper. Crispety, crunchety, but also socially aware-ety.''
78	-->--'''[[https://defector.com/why-your-team-sucks-2020-los-angeles-rams/ Drew Magary]]''', "Why Your Team Sucks 2020: Los Angeles Rams"
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80	->''Here's what I learned in two years of mostly answering phones, typing reports, making coffee and periodically having to run up to the Oscar-lined executive floors: Entertainment is a fabulous business to go into if you enjoy being a nervous, groveling toady, a petulant tantrum thrower and a crafty manipulator--all at the same time.''
81	-->-- '''[[http://www.salon.com/2014/12/10/the_sony_hack_shows_movie_studios_are_still_insane/ Mary Elizabeth Williams]]'''
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84	[[folder:Web Video]]
85	->"Everything I’ve heard about Hollywood has never been good. You know, they make these movies, they’re supposed to make you feel really good, and make you escape the pains of your real life, but when you go to Hollywood, the pain is there. It’s always there and Hollywood never lets you forget that."
86	-->-- '''Donnie [=DuPre=]''', ''WebVideo/DemoReel''
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89	[[folder:Western Animation]]
90	->'''Sarah Lynn:''' Y'know, it's amazing that it's legal for kids to be actors. How is that not child labor? I didn't know what I was signing up for. I was three.
91	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', "That's Too Much, Man!"
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94	[[folder:Real Life]]
95	->"In Hollywood, you can seduce a man's wife, rape his daughter and wipe your hands on his canary, but if you don't like his movie, [[SkewedPriorities you're dead.]]"
96	-->--'''Creator/JosefVonSternberg'''
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98	->"It's about two percent movie-making and ninety-eight percent hustling. It's no way to spend a life."
99	-->-- '''Creator/OrsonWelles''', ''The Battle Over Film/CitizenKane''
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101	->"Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings."
102	-->-- '''Creator/MarlonBrando'''
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104	->''I'd never seen him before, but I knew of his fearsome reputation. Dexter was not in home in pubs; the crowded and noisy atmosphere diluted his authority. But sometimes, because nearly everybody else was in the pub, he'd stroll in and spoil it for one or two poor souls. He'd pass the time and make a few of his victims long for death.''
105	-->--'''Creator/TomBaker''' on director John Dexter, ''Who on Earth Is Tom Baker?''
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107	->"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. [[FromBadToWorse There's also a negative side.]]"
108	-->--'''Creator/HunterSThompson'''
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110	->"She was awfully full of herself. In 110-degree weather, after two weeks of rehearsal, she’d ask the director, ‘What’s my motivation?’ and she’d play her goddamn flute till we were ready to strangle her."
111	-->--'''Anonymous Crew Member''' on ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'', referring to Creator/SeanYoung
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113	->"You must remember one thing about Hollywood. Even if ''Ishtar'' is a big bomb, {{Creator/Warren\|Beatty}}, {{Creator/Dustin\|Hoffman}}, {{Creator/Elaine\|May}}, and I will all work again … only next time at a higher fee!"
114	-->--'''Music/PaulWilliams''', composer for ''{{Film/Ishtar}}''
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116	->"I admit, I became a hermit...I moved my kids out of LA so they could grow up with real people—the kids of gas pump attendants, plumbers, and real family people."
117	-->--'''Creator/KellyLebrock'''
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119	->"I can't even go to the movies; when I'm there I think about the fact that I have to learn my lines when I get home. And if I go to a late movie, I fall asleep. It's a real thrilling life, I tell you...I've spent many times driving home from my auditions crying, because I put everything into it and the person I auditioned for was [[TheSnackIsMoreInteresting eating salad]] and talking on the phone while I was reading for them."
120	-->--'''Sarah G. Buxton'''
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122	->"The intensity of the scenes we’ve been shooting and the amount of emotional work and concentration that is needed to get through the day are so mentally and physically exhausting that I’m sure I will need to be institutionalized when it’s over. I understand now why most actors are [[HookersAndBlow alcoholics, drug addicts]], or Scientologists."
123	-->--'''Music/{{Madonna}}''' on the making of ''Music/{{Evita}}''
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125	->"In Europe, an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum."
126	-->--'''Creator/AnthonyQuinn'''
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