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Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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

– Samuel Goldwyn

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn’t like it.

– Samuel Goldwyn

We’re overpaying him, but he’s worth it.

– Samuel Goldwyn

The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.

– Samuel Goldwyn

God makes stars. I just produce them.

– Samuel Goldwyn

A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man.

– Samuel Goldwyn

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

– Samuel Goldwyn

Television has raised writing to a new low.

– Samuel Goldwyn

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

– Samuel Goldwyn

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

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.

– Samuel Goldwyn

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

– Samuel Goldwyn

You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.

– Samuel Goldwyn

Color television! Bah, I won’t believe it until I see it in black and white.

– Samuel Goldwyn

Don’t pay any attention to the critics – don’t even ignore them.

– Samuel Goldwyn

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

– Samuel Goldwyn

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

– Samuel Goldwyn

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

– Samuel Goldwyn

Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

– Samuel Goldwyn

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

– Samuel Goldwyn

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

– Samuel Goldwyn

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

– Samuel Goldwyn

I read part of it all the way through.

– Samuel Goldwyn

If people don’t want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

– Samuel Goldwyn

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn’t go see it.

– Samuel Goldwyn

If I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.

– Samuel Goldwyn

Give me a couple of years, and I’ll make that actress an overnight success.

– Samuel Goldwyn

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

– Samuel Goldwyn

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?

– Samuel Goldwyn

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

– Samuel Goldwyn

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