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Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever.

~George Cukor

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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

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As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their craft and their ideas.

~George Cukor

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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

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

~George Cukor

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

~George Cukor

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You can always land on your feet if you know where the ground is.

~George Cukor

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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

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I suppose they call me a woman's director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.

~George Cukor

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

~George Cukor

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: July 7th, 1899

Died: January 24th, 1983

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