Ranked #1

Episode 35. You made it! The last chapter of Hollywood & Mine
Episode 35. You made it! The last chapter of Hollywood & Mine
I’ve been tossing about as much stardust as I can muster right now. That’s it, this novel is done. I think the podcast o... Read more
16 Jan 2021
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18mins
Ranked #2

Episode 34. Life is the past, the present, and the perhaps.
Episode 34. Life is the past, the present, and the perhaps.
“Do you know the Mayo Clinic lists menopause under diseases and conditions? What do you think of that?” “Well, I know it... Read more
10 Jan 2021
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24mins
Ranked #3

Episode 33. Hollywood is very pretty, but people grow old here — not outside, but inside.
Episode 33. Hollywood is very pretty, but people grow old here — not outside, but inside.
There were heaps — accumulated reminders of a life — all around. Everything that served as an archival asset, or a teach... Read more
2 Jan 2021
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23mins
Ranked #4

Episode 32. It’s said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies — because you never know when you’ll have to work with them.
Episode 32. It’s said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies — because you never know when you’ll have to work with them.
All through life, instinctively or intellectually, we adapt to survive. Even insects have some boss strategies, for exam... Read more
27 Dec 2020
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13mins
Ranked #5

Episode 31. I always say that if a woman will tell you her age, she will tell you anything.
Episode 31. I always say that if a woman will tell you her age, she will tell you anything.
Life is a series of metamorphoses. Some of them get more airtime than others. I remember once waiting in a gynecologist’... Read more
26 Dec 2020
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21mins
Ranked #6

Episode 30. Every star I know in Hollywood acknowledges the same fact. With luck you can climb. Without it, your brakes don’t work even when you coast.
Episode 30. Every star I know in Hollywood acknowledges the same fact. With luck you can climb. Without it, your brakes don’t work even when you coast.
For a few short days after Antoine’s crisis I was more aware of the rhythms and mechanisms of filmmaking and its twitchy... Read more
19 Dec 2020
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8mins
Ranked #7

Episode 29. Never admit anything to anybody. Honesty is not the best policy.
Episode 29. Never admit anything to anybody. Honesty is not the best policy.
Lethal stress can come at you no matter whether you’re onscreen or off. Actors in Hollywood have committed suicide by sw... Read more
19 Dec 2020
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5mins
Ranked #8

Episode 28. I used to slip down to the beach and hold my head under the water just long enough to decide to come back up again…it seemed so ironical to feel like that, just when I was made a star.
Episode 28. I used to slip down to the beach and hold my head under the water just long enough to decide to come back up again…it seemed so ironical to feel like that, just when I was made a star.
Clara Bow wasn’t the only one who found Hollywood depressing. On a chilly, unusually clouded over, February afternoon in... Read more
19 Dec 2020
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13mins
Ranked #9

Episode 27 is introduced by Mabel Normand, who said, “Acting in the movies is like a cold — you get used to both after a while.”
Episode 27 is introduced by Mabel Normand, who said, “Acting in the movies is like a cold — you get used to both after a while.”
Gifted with a glib tongue he moved quickly from never-featured actor, to production assistant, to assistant director, an... Read more
13 Dec 2020
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28mins
Ranked #10

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. Episode 26
All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. Episode 26
In the words of Dorothy Gale, there’s no place like home. The light here is what made filmmakers move to California. It ... Read more
12 Dec 2020
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12mins