Mike Ovitz told him his Wilshire Blvd. qfoot soldiersq would hunt him down. He's antagonized almost everyone at the top in Tinseltown. And now, Joe Eszterhas tells everything he knows -- in brief, quotable bursts -- about the business, the history of Hollywood, and how to write screenplays that make millions. Idiosyncratic, gruff and as shaggy as Eszterhas himself, The Devil's Guide to Hollywood makes a character/leitmotif of Eszterhas' fellow Hungarian Zsa Zsa Gabor (qMoney is like a sixth sense that makes it possible for you to fully enjoy the other five.q), and makes the case that Marilyn Monroe was the sharpest tack in Hollywood (qHollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.q). Refreshing, dirty, tough, there's no book like it.Telling someone they have no sense of humor is like telling someone theya#39;re bad at sex.a If you want to win an Oscar . . . Paddy Chayefsky gave this advice to Gore Vidal: aIf you want all the prizes, you gotta write shrill.a aHe had a point, a saidanbsp;...
Title | : | The Devil's Guide to Hollywood |
Author | : | Joe Eszterhas |
Publisher | : | St. Martin's Press - 2013-09-10 |
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