--- title: "69 Mgm Quotes by 58 authors" description: "Browse 69 Mgm quotes by 58 authors. Discover the best Mgm sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/joseph-barbera-16239_fall_my-last-days-at-mgm-were-like-the-fall-o_2159229.jpg" --- > [My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-barbera/my-last-days-at-mgm-were-like-the-fall-of-the-roman-empire-in-fast/) [Joseph Barbera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-barbera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/joseph-barbera-16239_fall_my-last-days-at-mgm-were-like-the-fall-o_2159229.jpg) > [I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-mckay/i-kind-of-go-for-the-mgm-version-of-every-musical-style/) [Nellie McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/nellie-mckay-11745_every_i-kind-of-go-for-the-mgm-version-of-ever_1984455.png) > [I enjoyed working at RKO more than at MGM. At RKO the parts were better!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laraine-day/i-enjoyed-working-at-rko-more-than-at-mgm-at-rko-the-parts-were-better/) [Laraine Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laraine-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/laraine-day-33232_better_i-enjoyed-working-at-rko-more-than-at-mg_1541423.png) > [I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-garland/i-was-born-at-the-age-of-twelve-on-an-mgm-lot/) [Judy Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-garland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/judy-garland-10020_age_i-was-born-at-the-age-of-twelve-on-an-mg_1068046.jpg) > [Lana Turner and Ava Gardner were my special friends at MGM.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debbie-reynolds/lana-turner-and-ava-gardner-were-my-special-friends-at-mgm/) [Debbie Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debbie-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/debbie-reynolds-1883_friends_lana-turner-and-ava-gardner-were-my-spec_2991501.png) > [Nobody could emerge from a childhood at MGM unscathed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/nobody-could-emerge-from-a-childhood-at-mgm-unscathed/) [Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/michael-korda-2925_childhood_nobody-could-emerge-from-a-childhood-at_1040733.png) > [I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-mendez/i-m-a-big-broadway-fan-and-a-big-mgm-fan/) [Lindsay Mendez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-mendez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/lindsay-mendez-13100_big_i-m-a-big-broadway-fan-and-a-big-mgm-fan_2222177.jpg) > [Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-sweeney/who-needs-mgm-who-needs-any-of-these-places/) [D. B. Sweeney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-sweeney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/d-b-sweeney-8233_any_who-needs-mgm-who-needs-any-of-these-pla_2843505.jpg) > [In those days, I auditioned for everything MGM made while I was under contract. Not for the roles Elizabeth Taylor eventually got,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-nielsen/in-those-days-i-auditioned-for-everything-mgm-made-while-i-was-under/) [Leslie Nielsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-nielsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/leslie-nielsen-12769_contract_in-those-days-i-auditioned-for-everythin_2434694.jpg) > [Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-barbera/among-the-great-glories-of-the-mgm-lot-were-the-vast-outdoor-sets/) [Joseph Barbera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-barbera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/joseph-barbera-16239_mgm_among-the-great-glories-of-the-mgm-lot-w_134363.jpg) > [There was a saying around MGM: "Norma Shearer got the productions, Greta Garbo supplied the art, and Joan Crawford made the money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/there-was-a-saying-around-mgm-norma-shearer-got-the-productions-greta/) [Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/joan-crawford-9168_art_there-was-a-saying-around-mgm-norma-shea_2780305.png) > [I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-was-invited-to-join-the-mgm-cartoon-department-but-if-i-d-started/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/jack-nicholson-1283_animation_i-was-invited-to-join-the-mgm-cartoon-de_36797.jpg) > [I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-moreno/i-wore-so-much-rubber-when-i-was-at-mgm-i-bumped-into-the-wall-once/) [Rita Moreno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-moreno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/rita-moreno-2697_knee_i-wore-so-much-rubber-when-i-was-at-mgm_817414.jpg) > [Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-o-selznick/under-no-circumstances-would-it-be-right-for-me-to-go-with-mgm-irene/) [David O. Selznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-o-selznick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/david-o-selznick-25047_circumstances_under-no-circumstances-would-it-be-right_665617.jpg) > [What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buster-keaton/what-really-got-my-goat-at-mgm-were-comedians-like-the-marx-brothers/) [Buster Keaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buster-keaton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/buster-keaton-22416_brother_what-really-got-my-goat-at-mgm-were-come_2588001.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-ellis/we-re-talking-to-new-line-they-ve-got-a-couple-projects-they-re/) [David R. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/david-r-ellis-24790_available_we-re-talking-to-new-line-they-ve-got-a_2017705.png) > [Crikey means gee whiz, wow! Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-irwin/crikey-means-gee-whiz-wow-crikey-mate-you-re-far-safer-dealing-with/) [Steve Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-irwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/steve-irwin-8914_bigs_crikey-means-gee-whiz-wow-crikey-mate-yo_1831444.png) > [ \[From a window in the Writer's Building at MGM, which overlooked a cemetery:\] Hello down there. It might interest you to know… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/from-a-window-in-the-writer-s-building-at-mgm-which-overlooked-a/) [Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/dorothy-parker-700_building_from-a-window-in-the-writer-s-building-a_1776408.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-wasn-t-a-babe-in-the-woods-i-d-watched-a-lot-of-stars-from-james/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/jack-nicholson-1283_alive_i-wasn-t-a-babe-in-the-woods-i-d-watched_2968149.jpg) > [Pippin had an opening number called "Magic to Do," and Jules Fisher, the brilliant lighting designer lit it. Tony Walton did all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/pippin-had-an-opening-number-called-magic-to-do-and-jules-fisher-the/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/david-copperfield-2966_bob_pippin-had-an-opening-number-called-magi_464532.png) > [I had an opportunity to meet Elvis, only once. It was at the MGM Grand. It was certainly not at the height…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesley-gore/i-had-an-opportunity-to-meet-elvis-only-once-it-was-at-the-mgm-grand/) [Lesley Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lesley-gore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/lesley-gore-17325_adventure_i-had-an-opportunity-to-meet-elvis-only_996569.jpg) > [I like to think that I gave Jack Warner Brothers inking and Joe Sinnott gave him MGM inking. If you're not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-royer/i-like-to-think-that-i-gave-jack-warner-brothers-inking-and-joe/) [Mike Royer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-royer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/mike-royer-14555_brother_i-like-to-think-that-i-gave-jack-warner_386588.jpg) > [At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-previn/at-mgm-you-knew-you-were-going-to-be-working-next-year-you-knew-you/) [Andre Previn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-previn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/andre-previn-21033_ambitious_at-mgm-you-knew-you-were-going-to-be-wor_739325.png) > [Well oddly enough, I liken the years at MGM, and I was there for about eight years, to doing stock, what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-lansbury/well-oddly-enough-i-liken-the-years-at-mgm-and-i-was-there-for-about/) [Angela Lansbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-lansbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/angela-lansbury-9722_bunch_well-oddly-enough-i-liken-the-years-at-m_2768443.jpg) > [You asked me my favorite question: What happened and what did you learn from being under contract to MGM? And the answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-hamilton/you-asked-me-my-favorite-question-what-happened-and-what-did-you/) [George Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/george-hamilton-7929_answers_you-asked-me-my-favorite-question-what-h_202822.png) > [At MGM there was a script cage in the basement where they’d show rushes. And I thought to myself, “How do I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-hamilton/at-mgm-there-was-a-script-cage-in-the-basement-where-they-d-show/) [George Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/george-hamilton-7929_basements_at-mgm-there-was-a-script-cage-in-the-ba_3088861.jpg) > [When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanine-basinger/when-clark-gable-mgm-s-most-popular-and-famous-leading-man-asked-for/) [Jeanine Basinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-basinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/jeanine-basinger-48273_action_when-clark-gable-mgm-s-most-popular-and_1313264.jpg) > [A good portion of my work with Tangerine Dream at the time involved film music, and I remember approaching it as any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haslinger/a-good-portion-of-my-work-with-tangerine-dream-at-the-time-involved/) Paul Haslinger [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/paul-haslinger-82067_analog_a-good-portion-of-my-work-with-tangerine_1513245.jpg) > [I am willing to spend whatever it takes … My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-adelson/i-am-willing-to-spend-whatever-it-takes-my-moral-standard-compels-me/) [Sheldon Adelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-adelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/sheldon-adelson-26865_business_i-am-willing-to-spend-whatever-it-takes_196440.jpg) > [I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-hamilton/i-remember-a-meeting-i-had-at-mgm-it-was-at-the-end-of-their-reign/) [George Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/george-hamilton-7929_actors_i-remember-a-meeting-i-had-at-mgm-it-was_3080260.png) > [As a kid, I just was a contract player at MGM Studios. They put me into goodness knows how many different roles.Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-lansbury/as-a-kid-i-just-was-a-contract-player-at-mgm-studios-they-put-me-into/) [Angela Lansbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-lansbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/angela-lansbury-9722_acting_as-a-kid-i-just-was-a-contract-player-at_2784627.jpg) > [ I very comprehensively studied Irving Thalberg and his biographies. He's who \[Scott\] Fitzgerald roughly modeled the character after. He worked for him,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-very-comprehensively-studied-irving-thalberg-and-his-biographies-he/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/matt-bomer-2221_biographies_i-very-comprehensively-studied-irving-th_3124255.jpg) > [I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-williams/i-gave-my-eardrums-to-mgm-and-it-s-true-i-really-did/) [Esther Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/esther-williams-16177_mgm_i-gave-my-eardrums-to-mgm-and-it-s-true_2268046.jpg) > [From the time you were signed at MGM you just felt you were in God's hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-rutherford/from-the-time-you-were-signed-at-mgm-you-just-felt-you-were-in-god-s/) [Ann Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-rutherford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/ann-rutherford-58912_felt_from-the-time-you-were-signed-at-mgm-you_1106149.jpg) > [I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-burke/i-was-signed-to-mgm-i-was-in-vegas-for-sixteen-weeks-at-the-sands/) [Solomon Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/solomon-burke-22251_hotel_i-was-signed-to-mgm-i-was-in-vegas-for-s_485624.jpg) > [By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-zombie/by-the-time-we-got-to-mgm-and-lions-gate-the-movie-was-done-there-was/) [Rob Zombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-zombie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/rob-zombie-2937_art_by-the-time-we-got-to-mgm-and-lions-gate_2038458.png) > [MGM never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles, but cast me in programme pictures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laraine-day/mgm-never-really-gave-me-a-break-they-loaned-me-out-for-leading-roles/) [Laraine Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laraine-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/laraine-day-33232_break_mgm-never-really-gave-me-a-break-they-lo_2859763.png) > [ Bobby \[Fosse\] was very difficult to work with, he wanted to be a big star at MGM, but it was the end… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debbie-reynolds/bobby-fosse-was-very-difficult-to-work-with-he-wanted-to-be-a-big/) [Debbie Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debbie-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/debbie-reynolds-1883_bigs_bobby-fosse-was-very-difficult-to-work-w_1096384.png) > [When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorna-luft/when-my-mother-signed-at-mgm-that-was-the-only-kind-of-contract-you/) [Lorna Luft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorna-luft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/lorna-luft-9342_agent_when-my-mother-signed-at-mgm-that-was-th_421801.jpg) > [The big one I missed out on was 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' MGM wanted me for it, and Warner Bros.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-baker/the-big-one-i-missed-out-on-was-cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-mgm-wanted-me/) [Carroll Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/carroll-baker-64856_big_the-big-one-i-missed-out-on-was-cat-on-a_623476.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mgm/#itemlist", "name": "Mgm Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Barbera" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-barbera/my-last-days-at-mgm-were-like-the-fall-of-the-roman-empire-in-fast/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/joseph-barbera-16239_fall_my-last-days-at-mgm-were-like-the-fall-o_2159229.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/joseph-barbera-16239_fall_my-last-days-at-mgm-were-like-the-fall-o_2159229.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/joseph-barbera-16239_fall_my-last-days-at-mgm-were-like-the-fall-o_2159229.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.” — Joseph Barbera", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nellie McKay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-mckay/i-kind-of-go-for-the-mgm-version-of-every-musical-style/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/nellie-mckay-11745_every_i-kind-of-go-for-the-mgm-version-of-ever_1984455.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/nellie-mckay-11745_every_i-kind-of-go-for-the-mgm-version-of-ever_1984455.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/nellie-mckay-11745_every_i-kind-of-go-for-the-mgm-version-of-ever_1984455.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.” — Nellie McKay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I enjoyed working at RKO more than at MGM. 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