The week in quotes from Hollywood in the Hub

"In South Boston, saying you want to act is like saying you want to wear tights."

--Brian Goodman, director of the made-in-Boston film "What Doesn't Kill You," jokes to the Los Angeles Times about his post-prison decision to pursue a career in movies.

"When I first met John, I was struck by his unyielding sense of loyalty to those close to him. John has had a complicated life and it will be a fascinating story to tell the world."

--Graham King, recently in town shooting the Mel Gibson flick "Edge of Darkness," spills to Variety that he has snagged the rights to John Martorano's life story, the hit man behind James "Whitey" Bulger's Boston-based Winter Hill Gang.

“How many more of these hoodlum stories do we need? They’re glorifying the most horrible time in South Boston’s history. The families can’t move on.”

--Former Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, who plans on penning a positive book chronicling South Boston's history, says he's had enough with Hollywood's fixation with Southie mob stories.

“My next big book is about the kids who founded Facebook."

--Ben Mezrich, whose best-seller “Bringing Down the House” about MIT math geeks who outsmart Las Vegas casinos which served as inspiration for the film “21,” tells the Herald he plans to pen a book on the Harvard kids behind Facebook. The story's film rights have already been optioned.

"There’s nothing broken with the Coolidge, nothing to fix. At the same time, life is changing around us.”

--Denise Kasell, the new director of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, admits to the Brookline Tab that she hadn't been inside the theater before taking the job.

“The point of trying to attract all this business to Massachusetts isn’t simply to have Bruce Willis, Leonardo DiCaprio or Mel Gibson in town. The point is to have as many people working and as many people selling stuff as possible."

--Executive director Nicholas Paleologos says the Massachusetts Film Office plans to host a career fair at the the Sheraton Boston Hotel on Saturday, Jan. 24 from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. for those interested in breaking into the booming film industry in the Hub.