OPW -- Other People's
Words
Let's dip into my quote collection this month.
Here's a random selection from people with personal knowledge of the television and film
industries.
The good die young, because they see it's no use living if
you have got to be good.
…John Barrymore
An actor's a guy who if you ain't talkin' about him, ain't
listening.
…Marlon Brando
My message to the world is "Let's swing, sing, shout,
make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy."
…Mel Brooks
There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause
comedy in the streets?
…Dick Cavett
If my books had been any worse I would not have been
invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better I would not have come.
…Raymond Chandler
There is nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight.
…Lon Chaney, Sr.
Television is more interesting than people. If it were not,
we should have people standing in the corners of our rooms.
…Alan Coren
I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is
trying to please everybody.
…Bill Cosby
Never judge a book by its movie.
…J.W. Eagan [also attributed to Mad Magazine]
You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because
everybody does the fake closeness so well.
…Carrie Fisher
Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's
antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
…Alfred Hitchcock
When I saw Unforgiven I called Clint Eastwood up. I
sort of wanted to know how you make The Rookie one year and Unforgiven the
next. I said, "Did you take a lot of care with this film?" And he said,
"No, it was a good piece of material and I had a great cast and we just went out and
did it." And something clicked with me, I began to feel that the conscious pursuit of
recognition was going to be a dead end.
…Ron Howard
I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's
hard enough to know what I like.
…John Huston
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is
the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more
satirical comment than a repressive, so if that comedy is to function in some way as a
safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the
responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light
of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humor it is clearly of value, and
conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges,
which should not be granted.
…Eric Idle
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art, it is
the part the schools cannot recognize.
…Pauline Kael
I don't want to see the uncut version of anything.
…Jean Kerr
There's a standard formula for success in the entertainment
medium, and that is: "Beat it to death if it succeeds."
…Ernie Kovacs
Any girl can look glamorous: all you have to do is stand
still and look stupid.
…Hedy Lamarr
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
…Sophia Loren
There is only one way to find out if a man is honest -- ask
him. If he says yes, you know that he is crooked.
…Groucho Marx
It's hard to drink as much bourbon as I do and be an actor.
…George Peppard
I don't want to be normal. Who wants to be normal?
…David O. Selznick
Let's hang ten for justice!
…The Tick
I personally think we developed language because of our
deep need to complain.
…Lily Tomlin
When choosing between two evils I always like to take the
one I've never tried before.
…Mae West
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