Word: hollywoodizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Spielbergs of tomorrow, Rosenberg recommends a heavy dose of self-confidence, determination and persistence, since, as he sees it, rejection is just part of the culture of Hollywood...
...Everyone's job in Hollywood is to say no to you; it's only when they say yes to you that their job is in danger," he says, "They've committed to something and they're going to be judged on that. They're much happier saying no to everything...
...turn in Hollywood, Rosenberg is trying to make the most...
Just a few years ago, he was just a writer in Australia trying to figure out how to break into Hollywood. "It's not like being in a city in America where you say, 'OK, I want to make a film; I'll go to LA,"' explains Rosenberg. "In Melbourne, you think 'How in God's name am I going to do this...
...chins and asking each other, "'Billy Bob' who? Is there a 'Billy Bob' here?" If you listened real hard, you could even hear "Clueless" Cher Horowitz piping, "This is California, not Kentucky!" All the same, Southern-born filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton has cut himself a big slice of the Hollywood pie. "Sling Blade"--nominated for Thornton's script and for his own starring performance--was, for some, the biggest surprise in a nomination field full of offbeat choices...