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 Copy Share Image
You learn out of bitter experience, trial and error. Life teaches you that. As sincere as you all are, you can't learn it all in school. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
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… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
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… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
“Be adventurous, but, of course, with some sense of reality. You shouldn't say, "There's nothing I can't do," because you know damn well there… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
