How to Fake It in Hollywood Quotes

“Nobody pitied him. Which was good, because he pretty much had the market on self-pity cornered.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“They couldn’t live in that bubble forever, but being able to catch a glimpse of it every now and then was enough for her. Maybe that was what love was, after all.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“Control is a hard thing to come by in this business. Whenever you think you’ve gained some, it usually turns out you’ve just given it up from somewhere else.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“He was the sun and she merely orbited around him, reflecting his incandescence.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“Maybe that was what fame did to you: made you paranoid that none of your private moments would ever be private again.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“When they were together, his need for her had been so powerful that it was almost like a living thing. But there was an ugly side to it, a side that overwhelmed her, smothered her, left her helpless and flailing in his absence. But she'd learned to live without him again. She didn't need him anymore. And tonight, there was no familiar edge of wild-eyed desperation to his plea. He didn't need her anymore, either. But they still wanted each other. They would still choose each other over anyone else on earth. And in a way, that was even better.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“I wish…I wish she’d felt like my mom for longer. She kind of just feels like some lady I used to live with. Maybe that’s horrible to say. But it doesn’t seem like she’s that interested in being closer, either. Everybody’s happy with the way things are.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“If you don’t love me, tell me now. I’ll leave you alone. We can move on with our lives. But if you have any kind of feelings for me…it doesn’t even have to be love, if that’s too much. Because I don’t know about you, but it’s way too late for me. I’m already in too deep, and it scares the shit out of me, too. I just need to know. I need to know if you…if you feel the same.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“She barely got the word out before he hooked his arm around her waist and roughly pulled her back into him, covering her mouth with his. If she spoke, the spell would be broken, the scene would be over, and he would have no excuse to kiss her anymore. That prospect was unacceptable.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“He didn’t kiss her, of course. He just brushed his lips against her ear and murmured, “You’re cute when you blush.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Emily Grey Brooks I am madly, desperately in love with you.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake It in Hollywood

“As he said it now, it felt inadequate to describe the enormity of what he felt for her. But until the English language caught up with him, it was the best he could do.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“I didn’t know. You don’t tell me anything. Everything I know about you two I have to read in the tabloids. How do you think that makes me feel? Do you think I liked having my dentist be the one to tell me that my daughter’s bare behind was all over the news, and then some?”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“She kind of just feels like some lady I used to live with. Maybe that’s horrible to say. But it doesn’t seem like she’s that interested in being closer, either. Everybody’s happy with the way things are.” Her voice cracked a little.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“There is no ‘two of us.’ This was supposed to help me, help my career, but so far I’ve just been harassed, stalked, humiliated, violated, and fired. You have to let me out for, what is it? Material damage to my reputation? I’d say my reputation has been pretty goddamn materially damaged, wouldn’t you?”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“So, let me get this straight. I’m being punished for . . . what, exactly? Having my privacy invaded? Having sex with someone everyone thinks I’ve been dating for months?”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“It’s what I do,” he said dully. “Everyone . . .” He swallowed. “Everyone I care about. Eventually.” Ah.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“It was either that, or allow the impossible standards of the industry to chip away at her self-esteem, one nitpick at a time, until she crumbled under the weight of her insecurities. But he said it so easily, without hesitation, as if he’d already told her a million times. As if tonight weren’t surreal enough already.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“How was she being sent both “middle-aged suburban mom” and “teenage babysitter” roles?”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“However, that Ethan would have had Grey naked and screaming his name at the first hint of an opportunity, so maybe he could learn a thing or two from his younger self.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Three hours into her extended quality time with Ethan and she had already turned into one of those clumsy rom-com heroines who couldn’t get out of bed without falling down and breaking her nose—adorably, of course.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Maybe they just needed to fuck once, get it out of their systems, and move on with their fake relationship like mature adults.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Just as well, since the director, casting director, and studio executives would probably have frowned on them ending the audition desperately dry-humping.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Fuck. He was hard as a fucking rock. There was no way she couldn’t feel it. He had only a split second to worry about it, however, before she abruptly broke the kiss and slapped him across the face.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Don’t you get cute with me. The last thing he needs is some gold-digging fame whore latching on to him and sucking him dry. You better watch yourself.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“We’re supposed to be madly in love and you won’t even give me your phone number? Do you resent this whole idea that much? Resent me that much? We already signed the damn contract, it’s a little late for cold feet.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“These public outings,” Paul commented, scribbling furiously on his legal pad. “What qualifies as ‘public’? My client has purposely cultivated a private image. If he starts showing up at the opening of every bottle in town, it’ll attract the wrong kind of attention. People won’t buy it.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“Acknowledge that they were both at strange junctures in their respective careers and laugh about it, agreeing to move forward together in this charade based on a foundation of mutual respect (and also maybe they kissed sometimes). Well, that was out the window.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“I don’t get it, honestly. How will parading around with some young blonde make people root for me? Isn’t that the kind of thing everyone hates? Shouldn’t I be ‘dating’ someone my own age?” He made lazy finger quotation marks around the word “dating.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood

“There were more than enough potential candidates in an industry crawling with men who knew that their wealth, fame, and power would shield them from ever facing consequences for their actions. No career boost was worth selling her soul like that.”
― Ava Wilder, How to Fake it in Hollywood