Joseph L. Mankiewicz Quotes

United States, Film Director
February 11, 1909 – February, 5, 1993.

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (/ˈmæŋkəwɪts/) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and he twice won the Academy Award for both Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950).

Also known as Scriptwriter, Producer

Writers are the highest paid secretaries in the world.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Writers
- Paid
- Secretaries
So many people know me. I wish I did. I wish someone would tell me about me.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Someone
- Tell
- About Me

Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
I am never quite sure whether I am one of the cinema's elder statesmen or just the oldest whore on the beat.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cinema
- Statesmen
- Elder
The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Life
- Movies
- Sense
I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Beginning
- End
- Rise
The good dialogue writer is the one who can give you the impression of real speech.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Please don't look at me as if you had a source of income other than your salary.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Source
- Income
- Salary

There's nothing as real as money.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Real
- Money
I am a critic - as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Theatre
- Essential
- Critic