39 Quotes by George Cukor

If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends.

The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances.

We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it.

You can always land on your feet if you know where the ground is.

I suppose they call me a woman's director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.

Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it.

As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their craft and their ideas.

From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.

I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them.