George Carlin Quotes

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

I don't like to hear anybody in show business complain, because I just find it to be such a grateful business. Because there are so many wonderful, creative souls out there and there are so few jobs. And, so, I just find myself thinking to myself "wow, if I could get into a show of any kind and have it last for a while" - that's when I find myself really happy.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

Big feature films are another world.

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder.

I think what Hollywood has done for so long, is make movies for themselves.

I love filmmakers.

I think the movie industry is a hard industry, but it is not that hard to be allowed to do what you want if you work hard.

I feel blessed to be working with a banner like Dharma Productions.

Hail, Caesar! is about, in my opinion - I love that movie - but I think it's about the idea that as glamorous as the business is, and for as much hoopla that surrounds moviemaking, ultimately it's just a job. If you focus on it, you can do it really well, and it takes a lot of hard work.

Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a film even to be made, much less be good.

For the most part Hollywood is a world of imagination.

Directing is probably the best job, but acting is really, really great. It's like a fun vacation that you get paid for.

I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.

Research can be interesting, but it can be pointless as well. The realities of making a movie often are not conducive with that. I'm not knocking it. I love doing research myself, but I admit it doesn't always add to the performance.

I've grown up around cinema. Michael Kamen was a very, very close friend of mine, sort of my godfather. So I know how much work goes into it. You have to know what you're doing.

I like the constant rise and fall of the British film industry. But above all, I like the workhorses who kept going no matter what.

The last thing I ever wanted to get involved with is Hollywood. The way it works is that people get an idea you could possibly do something, but there's a one-in-a-hundred chance that it could get made.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.

Thank God for theater and film and television and my very, very, very lucky life.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.