Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
— Samuel Goldwyn
People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
Ill give you a definite maybe.
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
God makes stars. I just produce them.
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
No agency is better than its account executives.
If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
Please write music like Wagner, only louder.
I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.
I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
I can give you a definite perhaps.
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.
The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
Modern dancing is old fashioned.
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Include me out.
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
A hospital is no place to be sick.
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
Let's have some new cliches.
