Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

United States, Film Producer
August 17, 1879 – January, 31, 1974.

Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; Yiddish: שמואל געלבפֿיש‎; August 17, 1879 – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish American film producer of Jewish descent. He was most well known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. His awards include the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1947, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1958.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Worth
- Paper
- Contract
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

Samuel Goldwyn
- People
- Good
- Happy

Let's have some new cliches.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Funny
- New
- Some
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Think
- Funny
- Should
God makes stars. I just produce them.

Samuel Goldwyn
- God
- Stars
- Just
For your information, I would like to ask a question.

Samuel Goldwyn
No agency is better than its account executives.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Better
- Account
- Agency
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Impossible
- Possibilities

I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Up
- Home
- Best
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Why
- Yourself
- Movies
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

Samuel Goldwyn
- People
- Up
- Reason
I never liked you, and I always will.

Samuel Goldwyn
- You
- Funny
- Always
A hospital is no place to be sick.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Sick
- Place
- Medical
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
- Man
- Opportunity
- Smile

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Today
- Alive
- Turn
It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.

Samuel Goldwyn
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Money
- Words
- Change
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Success
- Me
- Couple
The harder I work, the luckier I get.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Work
- Harder
- Luckier
Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Laughed
- Comedies
- Our

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
- Men
- Job
- Truth
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Right
- Wrong
- Admit
Television has raised writing to a new low.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Writing
- Television
- New
Include me out.

Samuel Goldwyn
- Me
- Out
- Include