Amy Sherman-Palladino Quotes

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.

How did I get to Hollywood? By train.

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.

I always say: you're not going to find Hollywood. Hollywood will find you! But I'm ready for it: for Hollywood, for Bollywood, for everything!

The entertainment industry is as it always has been. It's a rough bunch of people and a rough industry.

Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.

Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it.

Had I pursued a film career in Los Angeles, I'm not sure I would have had the fortune that I've had.

Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.

Hollywood is what I do. It's not who I am.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

Hollywood is not easy.

I've worked with a lot of great, glamorous girls in movies and the theater. They would always give their last ounce to get where they wanted to be.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young.

I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business.

I don't own Hollywood.

Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.

All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life.

In L.A. everyone is in the entertainment industry, so you're forced to think about work.

I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didn't have to be a gigolo. In real life.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.