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A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
Coffee isn't my cup of tea.
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Please write music like Wagner, only louder.
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.
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
A hospital is no place to be sick.
Modern dancing is old fashioned.
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
A Hospital isn't any place to end up being sick.
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Can she sing? She's practically a Florence Nightingale.
No agency is better than its account executives.
For your information, I would like to ask a question.
Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Be drug-free and smoke some crack.
The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
I have been laid up with intentional flu.
I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America to see it.
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Television has raised writing to a new low.
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
If you don't dissagree with me, how will I know I'm right?
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
It will create an excitement that will sweep the country like wildflowers
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
Let's have some new cliches.
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
Ill give you a definite maybe.
Include me out.
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
I never liked you, and I always will.
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
"Yes, but that's our strongest weak point."
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Chaplin is no business man - all he knows is that he can't take anything less.
Destroy the old files, but make copies first.
Don't improve it into a flop!
Don't let your opinion sway your judgment.
Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of any thing that is worthwhile.
Even if they had it in the streets, I wouldn't go.
Forecasts are difficult to make-particularly those about the future.
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.
Gentlemen, include me out.
God makes stars. I just produce them.
Having integrity...means being completely true to what is inside you - to what you know is right...what you feel you must do, regardless of the immediate cost of sacrifice...to be honorable and to behave decently.
He treats me like the dirt under my feet.
I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.
I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.
I paid too much for it, but it's worth it.
I read part of it all the way through.
I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP.
I'd hire the devil himself as a writer if he gave me a good story....
If a young man is going to get ahead, if he is going to reach the top, he must be all wrapped up in what he is doing. He has to give his job - whatever it is - not only his talent but every bit of his enthusiasm and devotion.
If I did that, I'd be sticking my head in a moose.
If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.
If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
I'm living beyond my means, but I can afford it.
In picture-making the writer is the most important cog in the wheel.
In two words, impossible.
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
I've gone where the hand of man has never set foot.
Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I'm disagreeable....
Keep a stiff upper chin.
Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.
My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.
My wife's hands are very beautiful. I'm going to have a bust made of them.
Never make forecasts, especially about future.
Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.
Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.
Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.
Some who are not paid what they are worth ought to be glad.
Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
Tell them to stand closer apart.
That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.
The A-bomb is dynamite.
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.
There is a statue of limitation.
They stayed away in droves.
This book has too much plot and not enough story.
This makes me so sore it gets my dandruff up.
To hell with the cost, if it's a good story, I'll make it.
True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no - but I'm giving you a definite maybe.
We have passed a lot of water since then.
We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir.
What nerve. Not even a modicum of originality.
When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.
Why only twelve disciples? Go out and get thousands.
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?

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