# Quote — Connie Willis, Remake

> Ah, Hollywood, where everybody wants to be in the movies and nobody’s ever bothered to watch one.

- Author: [Connie Willis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/connie-willis.md)
- Book: [Remake](https://www.leafyquotes.com/connie-willis/remake.md)
- Page: 8
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Connie_Willis#Remake_(1994)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/connie-willis/remake/ah-hollywood-where

## More from this book

> And why take a chance on a new movie when they can do a sequel or a copy or a remake of something they already own? And while we are at it, why not star remakes in the remake? Hollywood, the ultimate recycler!

p. 37 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/connie-willis/remake/and-why-take.md)

> “Contrary to popular belief, the computer graphics revolution didn’t kill the musical,” the prof said. “The musical kicked off,” he paused to let the class titter, “in 1965.…
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> “The musicals, with their contrived storylines, unrealistic song-and-dance sequences, and simplistic happy endings, no longer reflected the audience’s world.”

p. 59 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/connie-willis/remake/contrary-to-popular.md)

> I’ve never understood why the faces, who have nothing to sell but an original personality, an original face, all try to look like somebody else. But I guess it makes sense. Why should they be different from everybody else in Hollywood, which has always been in love with sequels and imitations and remakes?

p. 8 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/connie-willis/remake/ive-never-understood.md)