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title: "33 Howard Hughes Quotes by 26 authors"
description: "Browse 33 Howard Hughes quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Howard Hughes sayings and thoughts."
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> [If I were to pick the life of someone whom I professionally mimic in many ways, it would be Howard Hughes, surprisingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-taffer/if-i-were-to-pick-the-life-of-someone-whom-i-professionally-mimic-in/)

[Jon Taffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-taffer/)

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> [The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-tierney/the-howard-hughes-i-knew-began-to-change-after-his-plane-crash-in-1941/)

[Gene Tierney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-tierney/)

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> [It is tragic that Howard Hughes had to die to prove that he was alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-keane/it-is-tragic-that-howard-hughes-had-to-die-to-prove-that-he-was-alive/)

[Walter Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-keane/)

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> [Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-morgan/howard-hughes-was-able-to-afford-the-luxury-of-madness-like-a-man-who/)

[Ted Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-morgan/)

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> [My life with Howard Hughes was and shall remain a matter on which I will have no comment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-life-with-howard-hughes-was-and-shall-remain-a-matter-on-which-i/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/howard-hughes-was-this-visionary-who-was-obsessed-with-speed-and/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [You know, no one's ever gonna be like, 'We need to do a movie about Howard Hughes. Time to cast Idris Elba!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-glover/you-know-no-one-s-ever-gonna-be-like-we-need-to-do-a-movie-about/)

[Stephen Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-glover/)

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> [After a year or so I really thought I was Howard Hughes. Here I was at eighteen years old, getting all these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/after-a-year-or-so-i-really-thought-i-was-howard-hughes-here-i-was-at/)

[Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/)

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> [I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-don-t-agree-with-everything-he-did-in-his-life-but-we-re-dealing/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [Working with Woody Allen is like filming Howard Hughes's will. It's a very mysterious and strange event. You never get a peek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-donoghue/working-with-woody-allen-is-like-filming-howard-hughes-s-will-it-s-a/)

[Michael O'Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-donoghue/)

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> [Do you know what writing a book is? It's sitting alone in a room for weeks without making contact with another human.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/do-you-know-what-writing-a-book-is-it-s-sitting-alone-in-a-room-for/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [ \[Howard Hughes \] approached filmmaking like he approached all of his inventiveness - it gave him an opportunity to make a name… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alden-ehrenreich/howard-hughes-approached-filmmaking-like-he-approached-all-of-his/)

[Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alden-ehrenreich/)

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> [I'm inspired by Walt Disney. I'm inspired by Howard Hughes. I'm inspired by Henry Ford. I'm inspired by Steve Jobs. I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/i-m-inspired-by-walt-disney-i-m-inspired-by-howard-hughes-i-m/)

[Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/)

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> [Howard Hughes innovation was in the aviation field. His designs and spirit of experimentation was at the forefront. As far as his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alden-ehrenreich/howard-hughes-innovation-was-in-the-aviation-field-his-designs-and/)

[Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alden-ehrenreich/)

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> [I sometimes feel I have met everyone he ever met, but I never met him. I am afraid to say I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-beatty/i-sometimes-feel-i-have-met-everyone-he-ever-met-but-i-never-met-him/)

[Warren Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-beatty/)

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> [Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-williams/howard-hughes-himself-was-a-regular-at-the-restaurant-and-in-a-way-it/)

[Esther Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-williams/)

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> [ Let's say \[Warren Beatty\] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alden-ehrenreich/let-s-say-warren-beatty-wants-you-to-speak-louder-in-a-scene-he-won-t/)

[Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alden-ehrenreich/)

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> [I guess at that moment in time I had a certain... presence? A certain level of presence in the industry. But that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-carradine/i-guess-at-that-moment-in-time-i-had-a-certain-presence-a-certain/)

[Keith Carradine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-carradine/)

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> [It is impossible to think of Howard Hughes without seeing the apparently bottomless gulf between what we say we want and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/it-is-impossible-to-think-of-howard-hughes-without-seeing-the/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [I’ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rich/i-ve-always-liked-to-read-about-extremely-wealthy-people-especially/)

[Simon Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rich/)

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> [What naturally stops you making the film is there is no more money in the budget. That's really what it is. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-brooks/what-naturally-stops-you-making-the-film-is-there-is-no-more-money-in/)

[Albert Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-brooks/)

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> [As an actor, you're constantly searching for that great character. Also, being a history buff and learning about people in our past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-dicaprio/as-an-actor-you-re-constantly-searching-for-that-great-character-also/)

[Leonardo DiCaprio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-dicaprio/)

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> [Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/cinema-is-a-visual-language-and-you-re-always-looking-for-visual/)

[John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/)

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> [“Now, take a man like Nixon, a man who is going to be President of the United States. He’s known for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mae-brussell/now-take-a-man-like-nixon-a-man-who-is-going-to-be-president-of-the/)

[Mae Brussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mae-brussell/)

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> [I dealt with men who had tempers, and who could get violent-Lord knows how I had to defend myself against Howard Hughes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/i-dealt-with-men-who-had-tempers-and-who-could-get-violent-lord-knows/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

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> [“Why do we like these stories so? Why do we tell them over and over? Why have we made a folk hero…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/why-do-we-like-these-stories-so-why-do-we-tell-them-over-and-over-why/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [“The late Marlon Brando was once asked if he considered himself the best actor in Hollywood. That was a treacherous question, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie-training/the-late-marlon-brando-was-once-asked-if-he-considered-himself-the/)

[Dale Carnegie Training](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie-training/)

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> [For years, Warner Bros. was trying to get me to make a movie about Howard Hughes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-beatty/for-years-warner-bros-was-trying-to-get-me-to-make-a-movie-about/)

[Warren Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-beatty/)

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> [They held up 'The Outlaw' for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-russell/they-held-up-the-outlaw-for-five-years-and-howard-hughes-had-me-doing/)

[Jane Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-russell/)

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> [I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-was-born-in-1942-so-i-was-mainly-aware-of-howard-hughes-name-on-rko/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [“The Howard Hughes thing hadn’t actually sounded like such a bad deal until about...oh, eight thirty-five this morning. Something about having his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-betts/the-howard-hughes-thing-hadn-t-actually-sounded-like-such-a-bad-deal/)

[Heidi Betts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-betts/)

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> [I can get a little Howard Hughes about germs sometimes...I just got back from New York and touching things like subway rails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-manganiello/i-can-get-a-little-howard-hughes-about-germs-sometimes-i-just-got/)

[Joe Manganiello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-manganiello/)

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> [I've been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/i-ve-been-connected-to-the-most-culturally-important-albums-of-the/)

[Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/)

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                        "text": "“The late Marlon Brando was once asked if he considered himself the best actor in Hollywood. That was a treacherous question, but Brando answered it in a creative way. He said, “It doesn’t matter whether I’m the best actor. I’m the best-positioned actor. People know me, and they want me around. I make life interesting for the people around me. It’s fun for me and it’s fun for them. I’m not always a nice guy, but I’m never the same guy twice. That’s why studios want to put me in movies, and that’s why the public wants to see me there.” Are you like Brando in this respect? Do you get together with your colleagues even when you don’t have to? If the answer is yes, you’re on the right track. If the answer is no, ask yourself, whom would you rather be with? Then think about how you can make a career move in that direction. Do you communicate with your colleagues even when it’s not strictly necessary—by phone, e-mail, or in person? Or are you more comfortable being on your own? There probably has never been a person who was more challenged in this area than Howard Hughes. He was undeniably a technical expert, and he was certainly unforgettable. He could design an airplane, fly it, and also direct a movie about it.”",
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