39 Quotes by George Cukor

If I were very handsome, maybe I'd have been an actor.

It never occurred to me that I could live in California. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else.

Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything.

You're just poor cornball provincial people, you critics; you just don't know what the hell you're talking about.

I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor with them. Then I keep my eyes open when they rehearse and perform, because you never know where the next stimulation comes from.

So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.

When it goes wrong, you feel like cutting your throat, but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you.

But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.

Real talent is a mystery, and people who've got it, know it.