Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the perception of social stigma surrounding problems in Hollywood, suggesting that people distance themselves from those who are struggling.
Judy Garland's quote highlights the peculiar nature of Hollywood, where the troubles of individuals are often viewed as infectious. It suggests that instead of offering support or understanding, people may choose to avoid those in distress, reinforcing feelings of isolation and misunderstanding in a highly scrutinized environment. The statement underscores the broader human tendency to shy away from discomfort, which can exacerbate the struggles of those in difficult situations.
In practice
In a motivational speech about mental health in the entertainment industry.
My [singing] style really has no style, because I try to sing each number differently. I’ve always believed that if style takes precedent over the words and music, the audience get’s cheated. It’s like when people see a fine play or movie. They imagine themselves in the leading role. I want them to imagine that they’re singing - not just listening to someone else.
I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.
I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die.
When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.
The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
I'm a woman who wants to reach out and take 40 million people in her arms.
I never close a door on any other religion. Most of the time, some part of it makes sense to me. I don't believe everyone has to chant just because I chant. I believe all religion is about touching something inside of yourself.
The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene of our crime.
It does not matter what men say in words, so long as their activities are controlled by settled instincts. The words may ultimately destroy the instincts; but until this has occurred, words do not count.
How we think about the world and - perhaps even more importantly - how we narrate it have a massive significance, therefore, a thing that happens and is not told ceases to exist and perishes.
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.
Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
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