Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn was a major producer of motion pictures.

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• Include me out.

• Keep a stiff upper chin.

• They stayed away in droves.

• I'll give you a definite maybe.

• That’s our strongest weak point.

• A hospital is no place to be sick.

• Flashbacks are a thing of the past.

• The harder I work the luckier I get.

• God makes stars. I just produce them.

• Tell them to put more life into dying.

• Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

• What we need now is some new, fresh clichés.

• If I look confused it’s because I’m thinking.

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

• When I want your opinion I will give it to you.

• A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

• Never make forecasts, especially about the future.

• Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

• It’s absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

• Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

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

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

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

• Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

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

• [A movie] should start with an earthquake and build to a climax.

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

• Why did you name him Sam? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!

• Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

• Anyone who would go to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined!

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

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

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

• If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn’t be in this business.

• I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.

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

• I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth – even though it costs him his job.

• Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing.