Mennyi A Cukor Quotes

We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it. ~ George Cukor

The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances. ~ George Cukor

April 10: Marilyn appears on time for six hours of costume tests for Something's Got to Give. She is irritated that Cukor is not there to meet her. She looks radiant, and Peter Levathes tells the press, "This will be the best Monroe picture ever. Marilyn is at the peak of her beauty and ability." But that evening, producer Henry Weinstein finds her sprawled across a bed and unconscious after an overdose of barbiturates. He calls Ralph Greenson, who revives her. It is announced to the press that Marilyn will be part of the entertainment at the president's Madison Square Garden birthday party. Marilyn agrees to pay $1,440.33 for the cost of producing a dress decorated with hand-stitched rhinestones, beading, and mirrors. ~ Carl Rollyson

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women. ~ Pedro Almodovar

Girls About Town, another Paramount film, again directed by George Cukor, gave Kay the opportunity to work with her good friend, the irrepressible Lilyan Tashman, who'd previously appeared with Kay in The Marriage Playground. Kay and Lil got to run around in lingerie and play characters who could only be high-priced call girls. "Kay Francis shows off her figure in undies while explaining she's through with the gold-digger racket and intends going straight because she's found love with a rich rube. The undie pose and that bit about going straight all in one has its own satirical kick."43 Andy Lawler, who would become one of Kay's best pals, also appeared in the film as Kay's no-good husband. ~ Lynn Kear

If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends. ~ George Cukor

So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot. ~ George Cukor

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. ~ George Cukor

You know, you have Scorsese who worked with De Niro and - or DiCaprio. You have William Wyler who worked with Bette Davis. You have George Cukor who worked with Katharine Hepburn. I just - people get to be friends and then there's a - that's a - you can take risks together and each time out you take a different risk. ~ David O. Russell

Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful. ~ Joan Crawford

Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director. ~ George Cukor

Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it. ~ George Cukor

From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene. ~ George Cukor

I was a stage-struck kid. ~ George Cukor

Real talent is a mystery, and people who've got it, know it. ~ George Cukor

When I was a kid I adored Katharine Hepburn, especially when she played Jo, the ballsy sister in Little Women. All the kids in school started calling me "Jo." I also loved Barbara Stanwyck, Ann Sheridan, Bette Davis, Claire Trevor - I didn't know them but after seeing them in so many movies, I felt like I knew them. They weren't feminists, they were just strong women, and I always admired anyone who had some guts. All those sweet, quiet, polite, ladylike little things just bored me to death. Back then there were so many wonderful women's stories being filmed, and so many strong actresses. But by the time I started doing movies they were mostly making men's stories. It has always saddened me that I never got to work with directors like George Cukor and William Wyler, directors who could really pull such marvelous performances from actresses." - Jane Russell ~ Ray Hagen

You learn out of bitter experience, trial and error. Life teaches you that. As sincere as you all are, you can't learn it all in school. ~ George Cukor

I work through the actors, and the more successful I am, the less my work is apparent. ~ George Cukor

If I were very handsome, maybe I'd have been an actor. ~ George Cukor

It never occurred to me that I could live in California. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else. ~ George Cukor

I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor with them. Then I keep my eyes open when they rehearse and perform, because you never know where the next stimulation comes from. ~ George Cukor

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure. ~ George Cukor

Be adventurous, but, of course, with some sense of reality. You shouldn't say, "There's nothing I can't do," because you know damn well there are things you can't. ~ George Cukor

When one deals with stars, he is dealing with intelligent people. If they weren't intelligent, they wouldn't have arrived at the star pinnacle. ~ George Cukor

When it goes wrong, you feel like cutting your throat, but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you. ~ George Cukor

People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy and well adjusted. Perhaps that's the price they pay for being originals. ~ George Cukor

You're just poor cornball provincial people, you critics; you just don't know what the hell you're talking about. ~ George Cukor

Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything. ~ George Cukor