tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post324124260969732996..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: "Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day." By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8242447236202007902016-01-25T06:32:51.460-08:002016-01-25T06:32:51.460-08:00There was a film, I forget the title, where Art Ca...There was a film, I forget the title, where Art Carney was doing a eulogy: "They say nobody is appreciated until they're dead. Well, he's dead, and we appreciate it."<br /><br />The other day I said while riding my stationary bike "I'm not doing this for my health, you know."Milton the Momzernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25123457240495670492016-01-24T10:58:05.900-08:002016-01-24T10:58:05.900-08:00Kudos to all the work researching and inputing the...Kudos to all the work researching and inputing these quotes. So many are complicatingly simple.Pete Grossmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51535952775626979992016-01-24T10:02:09.448-08:002016-01-24T10:02:09.448-08:00For all his malaproping, Goldwyn was smart enough ...For all his malaproping, Goldwyn was smart enough to hire the best talent around and then not micro-manage them. A guy like William Wyler would not have made eight pictures with him otherwise.cadavranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81918579281553844192016-01-23T16:24:04.443-08:002016-01-23T16:24:04.443-08:00Here's one that can be confirmed. Goldwyn tol...Here's one that can be confirmed. Goldwyn told his New York agent to secure the rights to Lillian Hellman's play "The Children's Hour." Agent: "There's a problem -- the women in the play are lesbians." SG: "Don't worry, we'll make them Americans." (He produced it as "These Three.")Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10052480405412958502016-01-23T16:17:52.347-08:002016-01-23T16:17:52.347-08:00MikeK: You mean The Best Years of Our Lives.MikeK: You mean The Best Years of Our Lives.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90395477573164514122016-01-23T15:30:23.129-08:002016-01-23T15:30:23.129-08:00Best Hollywood quote came from Red Skelton and it&...Best Hollywood quote came from Red Skelton and it's been verified<br />At Harry Cohn's funeral<br />Harry Cohn was not a nice man but all Hollywood showed up.<br />Red said, "It just goes to prove if you give them what they want to see, the public will come out"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72324213371212589392016-01-23T14:36:45.288-08:002016-01-23T14:36:45.288-08:00Some of these sound like direct translations from ...Some of these sound like direct translations from Yiddish. Also, Jews in Odessa talk like that, even now.SpaceVenusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12083643990546515032016-01-23T09:42:48.926-08:002016-01-23T09:42:48.926-08:00I read somewhere once that Goldwyn said about the ...I read somewhere once that Goldwyn said about the movie biz: <br /><br />"Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible."<br /><br />I thought about that saying every time I was on the carpet in front of a Production Manager asking my why someone had an extra 15 minutes on their time card. Or when they were nickel and dime-ing everything happening on a set. <br /><br />I knew Goldwyn had it right but I could never make them understand.....Roseannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393487748949411049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9907847018715516062016-01-23T08:30:33.772-08:002016-01-23T08:30:33.772-08:00Produced one of my all-time favorite movies "...Produced one of my all-time favorite movies "The Best of Our Lives." Great performances all around, but especially by Frederic March, Dana Andrews and Teresa Wright. Time to dig out another 6 inches of snow.MikeK.Pa.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50093896303765683452016-01-23T08:06:35.255-08:002016-01-23T08:06:35.255-08:00Billy Wilder said he witnessed a late life Goldwyn...Billy Wilder said he witnessed a late life Goldwynism. Goldwyn was complaining about the increasing smut in movies, citing "Hello Dolly." When Wilder questioned him on this, Goldwyn corrected himself with "Valley of the Hello Dollies." Barry Rivaduehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398166395997803552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68633434114570820802016-01-23T07:59:35.599-08:002016-01-23T07:59:35.599-08:00Hah! I've been collecting quotes like this fr...Hah! I've been collecting quotes like this from my coworkers.<br /><br />"We've got to get rid of this monkey before it spawns a smaller monkey."<br /> <br />"Let's go ahead and put some meat on that bone."<br /><br />"It's designed to fit into your hand. It's, like, anatomical." "Ergonomic." "Yeah."<br /> <br />"Let me just boil it down into a nut shell."<br /> <br />"It's all a question of which end of the rock you're polishing."<br /><br />"It's time to put our ass where our mouth is."<br /><br />"Let me ask the exact same question differently."<br /> <br />"You could say that we're using an idiot-erative process."<br /><br />"I think what we've got here is too many cooks and not enough Indians."<br />halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78566546657403380052016-01-23T07:55:06.334-08:002016-01-23T07:55:06.334-08:00Dorothy Parker once said, "In Hollywood, the ...Dorothy Parker once said, "In Hollywood, the streets are paved with Goldwyn."Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794791220323089387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41857747720990058062016-01-23T07:25:16.791-08:002016-01-23T07:25:16.791-08:00"I paid too much for it, but it's worth i..."I paid too much for it, but it's worth it". Boy, does that ever describe most baseball free agent signings. Like Yogi, Goldwyn personified unschooled wisdom. BobinVThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659467295097024979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46265389501491955932016-01-23T07:19:55.266-08:002016-01-23T07:19:55.266-08:00I'd apply this to some movie/televison moguls:...I'd apply this to some movie/televison moguls:<br />“Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing.” B Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59624183757251883442016-01-23T07:08:15.931-08:002016-01-23T07:08:15.931-08:00Somewhere, Sam and Yogi Berra are having a beer, t...Somewhere, Sam and Yogi Berra are having a beer, telling each other, "No, I didn't <i>actually</i> say that."VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91819116436305648292016-01-23T06:34:14.411-08:002016-01-23T06:34:14.411-08:00
Yogi Berra said...
Every single one of those quo...<br />Yogi Berra said...<br /><br />Every single one of those quotes are half mine!Stephen Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382570443203706976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58666734035508739172016-01-23T06:32:52.626-08:002016-01-23T06:32:52.626-08:00don't let sarah palin see this list.don't let sarah palin see this list.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.com