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You can't put the Hollywood sign in a movie without paying them. That is a landmark in L.A. I'm sorry, remove it from our skyline, then. You know? How dare they. That should be public domain, right? But it's privately owned, and they enforce that. They sue people. If you see it in the movie, they've paid for that.

— Dax Shepard

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think I'd want to see the Hollywood sign, that's for sure. I've never seen that yet. And oh, please, please, please, can I go to Disneyland?

— Auli'i Cravalho

Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for.

— Jeff Bridges

The thing about living in Los Angeles and doing a lot of movies is that you get to go to a lot of premieres, and, regardless of whether or not you're a celebrity, you still get to walk down the red carpet and then have everyone sort of screaming your name. The pictures never get printed anywhere, but they are nonetheless taking your picture.

— Missi Pyle

I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.

— Billy Crudup

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

— Hattie McDaniel

Hollywood can be a very stinging town. They say it's a forgiving business. It's not that forgiving.

— Jeff Conaway

Well, Hollywood isn't made up of individual studio heads anymore. It's made of corporations. And corporations are looking for the bottom line. They don't want to take chances. They want the money back for stockholders.

— Frank Oz

The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or just another business property.

— Paul Dano

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

— Walter Winchell

✗Opposing Perspectives

Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.

— Dana Goodyear