Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; August 17, 1879 – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Jewish Polish American film producer. He was most well known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. His awards include the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1947, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1958. (Click here for full Wikipedia article)
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A hospital is no place to be sick.
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Don't pay any attention to the critics-don't even ignore them.
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.
I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.
I had a terrific idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
I paid too much for it, but it's worth it.
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
If I entered into an agreement with that man, I would be sticking my head into a moose.
If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.
If Roosevelt were alive today, he's turn over in his grave.
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
Keep a stiff upper chin.
Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.
Let's have some new clichés.
Never make forecasts, especially about the future.
Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
Pictures are for entertainment. Messages should be delivered by Western Union.
Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.
Television has raised writing to a new low.
That's the trouble with directors: always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Too caustic? To hell with the cost. If it's a good picture, we'll make it.
We're dealing with facts, not realities.
What we want is a story that starts with an earthquake and builds to a climax.
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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(January 31 is also the birthday Jackie Robinson, John O'Hara, Norman Mailer, Tallulah Bankhead, and Thomas Merton.)
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