Fran Kranz Quotes

Hollywood is a very hard place to be in. It really is.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

Hollywood is the kind of town that likes to make everything larger than life: movie premieres, aging actress' lips, and murders. Actors come from all over the world to find their sliver of fame on the street of L.A. Many stars rise, but many more fall.

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it.

People who go into show business are screwed up.

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

We don't play the celebrity business in our family.

I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.

But this is called show business, not show family.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

Acting is a hard way to make a living, and there's a kind of dark, somewhat seedy side to the whole aspect of fame and celebrity that's not really something I would want for my child - or want him to want, if that makes any sense.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

Hollywood's got its own particular environment.

Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.

Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.

My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn't. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn't care for the lifestyle.

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

I loved everything about show business, meeting the stars, the whole ambience. I was living every young kid's dream. I was told a pop singer's life was three years, but I was still making money seven years later.

Hollywood wouldn't suit me. In L.A. it's all about work - studio people have their five minutes with you and they go, 'Oh mah Gahd, I love your movie.' You just feel very self-conscious there.

My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.