Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn; 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth17 June 1879
CityWarsaw, Poland
CountryUnited States of America
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
If I did that, I'd be sticking my head in a moose.
We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir.
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
I read part of it all the way through.
Coffee isn't my cup of tea.
Television has raised writing to a new low.
You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
I never liked you, and I always will.
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.