Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script. — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
So many people know me. I wish I did. I wish someone would tell me about me. — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
Funny business, a woman's career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need… — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
Please don't look at me as if you had a source of income other than your salary. — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
There is no such thing as realistic dialogue. If you [simply recorded] the real conversation of any people and played it back from the… — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't. — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
I got a job at Metro and went in to see Louis Mayer, who told me he wanted me to be a producer. I… — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture. — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
“Remind me to tell you about the time I looked into the heart of an artichoke.” — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
I'm not biting my fingernails. I'm biting my knuckles. I finished the fingernails months ago. — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
And Kate Hepburn-God, she's beautiful, God, she plays golf well, God, she can get anyone in the world on the phone, God, she knows… — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share
