A worn clapperboard with a blank slate stands beside a crumpled paper star on a muted gray surface.

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William Goldman

In Hollywood, nobody knows anything.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says that in Hollywood nobody knows anything. It is a blunt verdict on the film business, suggesting that confident predictions about what will succeed are guesswork, and that experience or status gives no reliable insight.

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