David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznickwas an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive. He is best known for producing Gone with the Windand Rebecca, both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth10 May 1902
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.
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Thank God for your mother.
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Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion.
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She has good instincts, but wrong judgments. She'll rue the day.
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I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.
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The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.
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There are only two kinds of class: First class and no class.
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Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands.
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It's somehow symbolic of Hollywood that Tara was just a facade, with no rooms inside.
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I try to think of Pop, but all this does is sink me with memories of him, reawakening the depression over him I've been fighting to get over.