Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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Let's bring it up to date with some snappy 19th-century dialogue.

Samuel Goldwyn
I'll tell you in two words — Im possible.

Samuel Goldwyn
Unnamed Director: [The script] is hella caustic.
Goldwyn: To hell with the cost, if it's a good picture, we'll make it.

Samuel Goldwyn
'I can answer you in two words, im-possible ' is almost the cornerstone of the Goldwyn legend, but Sam did not say it. It was printed late in 1925 in a humorous magazine and credited to an anonymous Potash or Perlmutter.

Samuel Goldwyn
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on.

Samuel Goldwyn
To his secretary when she suggested discarding old files:
A good idea, only be sure to make a copy of everything before getting rid of it.

Samuel Goldwyn
What we need is a story that starts with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.

Samuel Goldwyn
Production Assistant: But Mr. Goldwyn, you said you wanted a spectacle.
Goldwyn: Yes, but goddam it, I wanted an intimate spectacle!

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

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

Samuel Goldwyn
I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.

Samuel Goldwyn
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

Samuel Goldwyn
That's the way with these directors, they're always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

Samuel Goldwyn
Anything that man says you've got to take with a dose of salts.

Samuel Goldwyn
Anybody who goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Samuel Goldwyn
That is the kind of ad I like. Facts, facts, facts.

Samuel Goldwyn
Any man who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined.

Samuel Goldwyn