My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion. — Joseph Barbera Copy Share Image
I enjoyed working at RKO more than at MGM. At RKO the parts were better! — Laraine Day 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
Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years. — Joseph Barbera 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
I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion. — David O. Selznick 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
We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing and I'm having meetings at MGM. There's… — David R. Ellis Copy Share Image
Crikey means gee whiz, wow! Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the… — Steve Irwin Copy Share Image
[From a window in the Writer's Building at MGM, which overlooked a cemetery:] Hello down there. It might interest you to know… — Dorothy Parker 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
Pippin had an opening number called "Magic to Do," and Jules Fisher, the brilliant lighting designer lit it. Tony Walton did all… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I had an opportunity to meet Elvis, only once. It was at the MGM Grand. It was certainly not at the height… — Lesley Gore Copy Share Image
I like to think that I gave Jack Warner Brothers inking and Joe Sinnott gave him MGM inking. If you're not as… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I… — Andre Previn 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
You asked me my favorite question: What happened and what did you learn from being under contract to MGM? And the answer… — 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
When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
A good portion of my work with Tangerine Dream at the time involved film music, and I remember approaching it as any… — Paul Haslinger Copy Share Image
I am willing to spend whatever it takes … My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I… — Sheldon Adelson 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
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
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
From the time you were signed at MGM you just felt you were in God's hands. — Ann Rutherford Copy Share Image
I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel. — Solomon Burke Copy Share Image
By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was… — Rob Zombie 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
Bobby [Fosse] was very difficult to work with, he wanted to be a big star at MGM, but it was the end… — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
The big one I missed out on was 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' MGM wanted me for it, and Warner Bros.… — Carroll Baker Copy Share Image
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![“I very comprehensively studied Irving Thalberg and his biographies. He's who [Scott] Fitzgerald roughly modeled the character after. He worked for him, as a writer, when he was at MGM. And, of course, I revisited the novel and the politics of MGM and the studio system at the time and familiarized…” quote by Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/matt-bomer-2221_biographies_i-very-comprehensively-studied-irving-th_3124255.jpg)
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