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George Cukor Quotes
George Cukor Quotes
George Cukor
American
Producer
Born:
Jul 7
,
1899
Died:
Jan 24
,
1983
Actor
Director
Good
Me
People
You
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If I were very handsome, maybe I'd have been an actor.
George Cukor
Were
Been
Very
Handsome
Maybe
Actor
Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse.
George Cukor
Love
Business
Love Is
Looking
Carousel
Tricky
Horse
Like
Whipping
Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.
George Cukor
Good
Me
Director
Better
Hundred
Hundred Times
Give
Give Me
Good Script
Times
Script
You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.
George Cukor
Failure
You
Unless
Accept
Any
Successes
If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends.
George Cukor
Victim
Kind
She
Friends
Any
Her
It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.
George Cukor
People
Someone
Boss
Charted
Feel
Knows
Course
Answers
Who
Reassuring
Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever.
George Cukor
You
Way
See
Something
Something Special
Looked
Makes
Very
Forever
Anyone
Special
Who
Original
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
Me
Control
Both
Directors
Ideas
Craft
Movie
Prefer
Pains
Who
Professional
Watch
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
Great
Light
Nothing
Others
Say
No Idea
Directors
Idea
Beautifully
Read
Arrange
How
Meter
Shot
Many
Things
Profound
You can always land on your feet if you know where the ground is.
George Cukor
You
Feet
Know
Always
Where
Land
Your
Ground
You're just poor cornball provincial people, you critics; you just don't know what the hell you're talking about.
George Cukor
You
People
Hell
Critics
About
Know
Talking
Provincial
Just
Poor
It never occurred to me that I could live in California. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else.
George Cukor
Me
Live
Living
Else
Could
Never
California
Occurred
Anywhere
Anywhere Else
Now
Imagine
Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it.
George Cukor
You
Director
Women
People
Remember
Master
Every
Guess
Once
Pleased
Considered
Stuck
Like
Well
Pigeonhole
Very
Jack
Anything
Shortcut
If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of the world and my ability to deal professionally with actors. As far as perception is concerned, I always try to imagine settings through the best possible eyes.
George Cukor
Best
Eyes
World
Try
Perception
Style
Own
Settings
Guess
Out
Possible
Ability
My Own
Through
Factors
Arises
Principal
Concerned
Deal
Always
As Far As
Personalized
Far
Such A Thing
Professionally
Actor
Thing
Two
Imagine
The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances.
George Cukor
Truth
Director
Truth Is
Wins
Writer
Performance
Script
Actor
Oscar
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