Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by David O. Selznick

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American producer David O. Selznick.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

David O. Selznick was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive. He is best known for producing Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture.

American - Producer | May 10, 1902 - June 22, 1965

Source: Wikipedia

I can feel that the world this day is different than all the days of our lives before.

David O. Selznick

Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion.

David O. Selznick

This dame keeps dragging me into the bushes. Keep your eye open, you may have to rescue me.

David O. Selznick

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

David O. Selznick

Thank God for your mother.

David O. Selznick

It's all right; it's not so much fun any more.

David O. Selznick

I cannot permit you to disrupt the Paramount schedule.

David O. Selznick

If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.

David O. Selznick

I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.

David O. Selznick

The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.

David O. Selznick

The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.

David O. Selznick

I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.

David O. Selznick

She has good instincts, but wrong judgments. She'll rue the day.

David O. Selznick

If you're not accurate, you'll cause untold trouble.

David O. Selznick

There are only two classes - first class and no class.

David O. Selznick

You think you know her. Just wait and see the change. I'll have her trained in no time.

David O. Selznick

Even this vein of writing is so foreign to me that I am amazed.

David O. Selznick

At this rate, I'll live forever.

David O. Selznick

They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots.

David O. Selznick

I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions.

David O. Selznick

Why do you knock yourself out? Take it easy.

David O. Selznick

It's somehow symbolic of Hollywood that Tara was just a facade, with no rooms inside.

David O. Selznick

There are only two kinds of class: First class and no class.

David O. Selznick

Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands.

David O. Selznick

Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by David O. Selznick

Related Authors