Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Leo McCarey

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American director Leo McCarey.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, the most well known today being Duck Soup, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Awful Truth, Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary's, My Son John and An Affair To Remember.

American - Director | October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969

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I don't know what my formula is. I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds. I like a little bit of the fairy tale. Let others photograph the ugliness of the world. I don't want to distress people.

Leo McCarey

I love when people laugh. I love when they cry, I like a story to say something, and I hope the audience feels happier leaving the theatre than when it came in.

Leo McCarey

I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things.

Leo McCarey

You can really call Irene Dunne 'The First Lady of Hollywood', because she's the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen.

Leo McCarey