Quotes by Samuel Goldwyn

Too caustic? To hell with cost well make the picture anyhow. Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg. We have all passed a lot of water since then.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

This music wont do. Theres not enough sarcasm in it.

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didnt like it.

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.

A hospital is no place to be sick.

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

I dont want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

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

Give me a couple of years, and Ill make that actress an overnight success.

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldnt go see it.

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

I never liked you, and I always will.

I dont think anyone should write their autobiography until after theyre dead.

A bachelors life is no life for a single man.

The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.

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