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
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

I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.

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

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Source
- Income
- Salary
The good dialogue writer is the one who can give you the impression of real speech.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

I am a critic - as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Theatre
- Essential
- Critic
There's nothing as real as money.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Real
- Money