Samuel Goldwyn Quotes
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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.
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Include me out.
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This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
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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.
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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.
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That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
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I don't want any yes – men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
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I can give you a definite perhaps.
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Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
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If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
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No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
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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.