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Samuel Goldwyn
American
Producer
About the author
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Loyalty
#Efficiency
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Want
#Truth
#Job
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Trouble
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Possibilities
It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
Let's have some new cliches.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Cliches
Modern dancing is old fashioned.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Old
#Dancing
No agency is better than its account executives.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Life
#Work
#Fear
Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Entertainment
Please write music like Wagner, only louder.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Music
Include me out.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
Television has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Writing
#Television
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#People
#Will
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Work
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#People
#Reason
The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Life
#Dying
This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Music
#Sarcasm
Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Hell
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Want
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Worth
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#People
#Nothing
#Home
#Money
#Television
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Day
#Genius
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Money
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
Ill give you a definite maybe.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
God makes stars. I just produce them.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#God
#Stars
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Words
#Writers
#Money
#Change
I can give you a definite perhaps.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Autobiography
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Want
#Truth
#Job
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Idea
I hate a man who always says "yes" to me. When I say "no" I like a man who also says "no."
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Man
#Hate
I never liked you, and I always will.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Will
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Years
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
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.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Smile
#Ability
#Man
#Sense
#Opportunity
#Luck
I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Right
#May
#Wrong
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Right
#Now
#Man
If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Today
#Grave
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Thinking
If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Want
#People
I read part of it all the way through.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
For your information, I would like to ask a question.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Information
#Question
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Love
#Success
A Hospital is no place to be sick.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Worth
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Film
Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Man
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Attention
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#War
#Worry
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Success
#Years
A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
Samuel Goldwyn,
American
Producer
#Life
#Man