Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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Samuel Goldwyn

Profession : Producer

Birth : August 17, 1882

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

Samuel Goldwyn

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Samuel Goldwyn

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Samuel Goldwyn

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

Samuel Goldwyn

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.

Samuel Goldwyn

No agency is better than its account executives.

Samuel Goldwyn

I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.

Samuel Goldwyn

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

Samuel Goldwyn

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

Samuel Goldwyn

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

Samuel Goldwyn

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

Samuel Goldwyn

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

Samuel Goldwyn

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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.

Samuel Goldwyn

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.

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn