Herman J. Mankiewicz Quotes

• Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!

  Herman J. Mankiewicz

  Night, Popular Movie, Classic Movie

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• We are a breed apart from the rest of humanity, we theatre folk.We are the original displaced personalities, concentrated gatherings of neurotics, egomaniacs, emotional misfits and precocious children.

  Herman J. Mankiewicz

  Children, Emotional, Personality

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• There are millions to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots. Don't let thisget around.

  Herman J. Mankiewicz

  Competition, Idiot, Millions

  Cable toBenHecht in the earlydays ofHollywood.Quotedin the NewYork Times, 8 Jan1993.

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• In a novel, the hero can lay ten girls and marry a virgin for the finish. In a movie, that is not allowed. The villain can lay anybody he wants, have as much fun and as he wants cheating, stealing, getting rich, and whipping servants. But you have to shoot him in the end.

  Herman J. Mankiewicz

  Girl, Cheating, Fun

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• You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.

  Herman J. Mankiewicz

  Men, Speak, Whiskers

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• Imagine--the whole world wired to Harry Cohn's ass!

  Herman J. Mankiewicz

  Culture, World, Ass

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