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I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.

When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded.

I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this.

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production.

My faith doesn't go over real well in Hollywood.

In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.

One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

If you go out to Hollywood you'll find a lot of fantastic plastic people there in the business and a lot of people in life generally. They find it so hard to be themselves that they have to be plastic.

The criteria, for me, is movie star. It's Hollywood. Not Somalia.

I am a child of Hollywood and dreams. To me, to be on the red carpet is the best place in the world.

I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

My mother's very proud of the name she gave me. She thought it sounded rhythmically better. It doesn't really make a difference to me what people call me, but since my mother calls me Holly Marie when she's angry, I prefer just my first name.

Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that.

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.

I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy.

I've chosen not to live in Hollywood, and instead I live in Brooklyn, New York. It's how I like to live. I'd rather hang out with my kids and family when I'm not working. Going to premieres is not my idea of a fun night out.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.