Top 10 cliches from legendary producer Samuel Goldwyn

Submitted by jpthompson on Thu, 01/27/2005 - 13:48
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  1. 'I'll give you a definite maybe.'
  2. 'What we want is a story that starts with an earthquake and works it's way up to a climax.'
  3. 'It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.'
  4. 'Anybody who goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.'
  5. 'Too caustic? To hell with cost - we'll make the picture anyway.'
  6. 'You ought to take the bull between the teeth.'
  7. 'I can answer you in two words: im possible.'
  8. 'Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth-century dialogue.'
  9. 'I read part of the book all the way through.'
  10. 'For your information, just answer me one question?'
lukeprog01/27/2005

Meaning, these are phrases he head a lot as a movie producer, or phrases he used a lot, or what?

jpthompson01/27/2005

Phrases he is famously quoted for using. I thought Goldwyn's cliches were well known.