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Even if they had it in the streets, I wouldn't go.
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
I've gone where the hand of man has never set foot.
Why only twelve disciples? Go out and get thousands.
For your information, I would like to ask a question.
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.
This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
Can she sing? She's practically a Florence Nightingale.
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
To hell with the cost, if it's a good story, I'll make it.
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
If you don't dissagree with me, how will I know I'm right?
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
Some who are not paid what they are worth ought to be glad.
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.
Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I'm disagreeable.
Don't pay any attention to the critics; don't even ignore them.
Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
I'd hire the devil himself as a writer if he gave me a good story.
Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP.
Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
In picture-making the writer is the most important cog in the wheel.
Forecasts are difficult to make-particularly those about the future.
We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir.
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
It will create an excitement that will sweep the country like wildflowers
My wife's hands are very beautiful. I'm going to have a bust made of them.
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
Chaplin is no business man - all he knows is that he can't take anything less.
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.