A collection of photos and quotes of male stars. Because this is a work in progress, you may want to check back regularly for updates.
“The world we suggest should be of a new wild west. Strange and haunting.” — Jim Morrison “I’m interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.” – Jim Morrison. Morrison’s first arrest was in Tallahassee, FL (his home […]
“I’ve been Mr. Lucky since my first day in Hollywood and I still expect a little fellow in a black hat to tap me on the shoulder some day and say, ‘Pardon me, Mr. Niven, but you’ve been found out.’” — David Niven Source: Erskine Johnson (1957) “About that Dracula thing. It was […]
“The thing that really matters to the older Hollywood establishment is they don’t care if you’re an ax murderer, if your film is No. 1 at Christmas you’re going to get invited to all the parties. You’re either on the A-list, the B-list or the C-list. Until I make movies that make $200 million, I’m […]
“Give me the longevity of a performer, then he’s a star. You’re not a star until after 25 years.” — Milton Berle Source: Sue Adolphson (1989) A Milton Berle toy from the 1950s.
“If one critic says I over-act, and 15,000 fans say it’s okay, I’m gonna study Andy Hardy again so I can keep on muggin’.” – Mickey Rooney Source: Robbin Coons (1938) “How’d I get in pictures? Well, I won a contest for a tough kid. They picked me out as the toughest, but I’m really […]
“I am a New Yorker. I just feel that you have so many things in New York that you don’t have in other places. But New York is just a unique place, that’s why a lot of people come here to find themselves. They come from all parts of the world, from all parts of […]
“My interest has always been based more in reality than in superhero fiction…The strengths of ‘The Punisher’ that I did lie in the reality that we were able to bring to the character, and the weaknesses of ‘The Punisher’ I did were all based on people trying to make this a ‘comic book movie’—with funny […]
“Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.” — Keanu Reeves Source: Jack Garner (1994) Photo: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) “I didn’t really have a destination except that I wanted to work in Hollywood. And I was hoping as a young actor to […]
!["I wasn’t allowed to be in [Young Frankenstein]. That was the deal Gene Wilder had. He says, 'If you’re not in it, I’ll do it.'" -- Mel Brooks (Bizarre Los Angeles)](https://bizarrela.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BLA_young_frankenstein-mel-brooks-a.jpg)
“I wasn’t allowed to be in [Young Frankenstein]. That was the deal Gene Wilder had. He says, ‘If you’re not in it, I’ll do it.’” — Mel Brooks “You can’t cheat an audience. You promise them comedy, you have to give them that magic carpet that’ll lift them up over their own problems into giggles, […]
“I know you’ve heard this before, but comedy is very, very serious business. Anybody can make people cry, but not anybody can make ’em laugh. It’s mathematical and complex and just hard. It’s so tough.” — Bill Murray in 1990 Photo: Stripes (1981) “When I did The Razor’s Edge, there were all these conversations that […]