Movie Industry Maverick Pillows

"If you want the part you're gonna have to take off your shirt, toots. There's a reason it's called show business."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

Working in the Hazard Zone!

'How many studio apartment construction projects did you say you'd worked on before?'

'At Tesmer holdings, we don't break the rules! We change them!'

"OK, stop me if you've never heard this before!"

"Stick Figure" "Stick Figure II" "Stick Figures" "Stick Figure: The Reawakening"

'For the actress who benefitted most by rehab...'

Tom Hanks

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

'And the Award goes to...Ewww...him?'

Remember . . . If at first you do succeed, make sequels!'

Hollywood Breakup

Talent, pluck, or plain dumb luck?

"Jessica has an idea about going to the beach that she'd like to pitch you."

'I told you, if the LA branch steals our thunder, there is no more dialogue.'

"I'd like to thank my family, but, to be honest, I'm pretty sure I could've done it without them."

"I had that dream again where you're writing down all my fears and anxieties and working them into a screenplay."

"Face it - in this town, either you're a star or you're just another brown dwarf."

Hollywood or bust!

Welcome to Hollywood

'This is where we shed all our inhibitions.'

"He thinks that if they really want to smash the stereotype then he should be a shoe-in for the next Bond."

"So your agent doesn't like your lawyer, and your PlR. people don't like your manager. They all like you."

Restraining orders from the stars.

When stars marry: 'Why did you ask him first? Does he have top billing?'

'I'd trust you anywhere - I think!'

"Wow! Boss! I thought she was a silent partner."

"If small stars keep planets in line, what do big stars do?"

"You know that kid that submitted a screenplay to us on the back of a restaurant menu? I'm passing on it. I like the screenplay, but I hate that restaurant."

"A P.R. Intern Named Salome with the Head Shot of John the Client."