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
I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
I read part of it all the way through.
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
Coffee isn't my cup of tea.
You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
I never liked you, and I always will.
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.