My first day at MGM they decided to bring this lion out, male, and it was not the best time for him… — Kim Novak Copy Share Image
In those days, I auditioned for everything MGM made while I was under contract. Not for the roles Elizabeth Taylor eventually got,… — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
All the Warner actors were real actors. They started in theater and led very straightforward lives - you never saw entourages around.… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes. — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
Well oddly enough, I liken the years at MGM, and I was there for about eight years, to doing stock, what we… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
There was a saying around MGM: "Norma Shearer got the productions, Greta Garbo supplied the art, and Joan Crawford made the money… — Joan Crawford Copy Share Image
As a kid, I just was a contract player at MGM Studios. They put me into goodness knows how many different roles.Some… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
MGM never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles, but cast me in programme pictures. — Laraine Day Copy Share Image
Anything I've asked of MGM Grand, they've done for me in a heartbeat. They're all about making entertainers and athletes happy. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
I wasn't a babe in the woods. I'd watched a lot of stars, from James Dean to Brando, and I'd seen everybody… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Most of the contract people at MGM stayed and stayed and stayed. Why? Because the studio looked after them. Warner Brothers wouldn't… — Ann Rutherford Copy Share Image
There was this little shaggy dog on it, and Frank Weatherwax was working the dog. One day we were all sitting around,… — Tommy Rettig Copy Share Image
I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
At MGM there was a script cage in the basement where they’d show rushes. And I thought to myself, “How do I… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
I very comprehensively studied Irving Thalberg and his biographies. He's who [Scott] Fitzgerald roughly modeled the character after. He worked for him,… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
MGM bores me when I see them, but I don't see them much. They have been a help in getting me introductions… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I… — Rod Taylor Copy Share Image
