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In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff.

— Ethan Hawke

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

A lot of actors are perfectionists, besides merely being egotists.

— Eric Mabius

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

— Keira Knightley

I've been one of the image-makers who created this concept of perfection. I've done a thousand magazine covers where I'm celebrating Hollywood, glamorous people. Which is all good. It's all entertainment.

— Platon

I think that if Hollywood has a problem, it constantly underestimates the intelligence and integrity of fans.

— Matthew Davis

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

— Julia Cameron

Perfectionism attaches to what is valued in the culture.

— Gloria Steinem

I've seen a lot of good things and a lot of the bad of what Hollywood can bring. At the end of the day, I've found that when you try and fit in, that's a way to go crazy; you kind of lose yourself. I'm sometimes the different one at the table, but I don't care.

— Drew Sidora

I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.

— Jack O'Connell

Perfectionist? That's not something I am.

— Mac DeMarco

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was something that is always hated in Hollywood - a perfectionist; nobody likes a perfectionist, you know.

— Fritz Lang