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"In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings."
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"I don't think about Hollywood at all."
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"My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out."
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"In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies."
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"It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out."
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"The trap is that you then just start doing stuff about Hollywood, which I don't really want to do."
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"Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood."
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"I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood."
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"What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait."
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"I am not a Hollywood Jew and I won't ever be one."
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"Hollywood wants press, any kind of press."
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"I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard."
Work
"Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside."
Comedy
"In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings."
Hollywood
"I've been to Paris France and I've been to Paris Paramount. Paris Paramount is better."
Entertainment
"I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?"
Help
"You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is."
Talent
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