Author: George Cukor

Quotes

I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them.

I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them.

- George Cukor

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- George Cukor

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

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

- George Cukor

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

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

- George Cukor

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

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

- George Cukor

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