Herman J. Mankiewicz Quotes

Herman J. Mankiewicz delivers a witty reminder that fortunes can flip in an instant, inviting reflection on empathy and judgment.

8 quotes

1. There, but for the grace of God, goes God.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.

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

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

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

8. “A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember. You take me. One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry, and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in, and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress she had on. She was carrying a white parasol. I only saw her for one second. She didn't see me at all, but I'll bet a month hasn't gone by since that I haven't thought of that girl.”