Ernst Lubitsch Quotes

"Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside."
- Ernst Lubitsch
(Related: Comedy, Play)

"In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings."
- Ernst Lubitsch
(Related: Hollywood, Order)

"I've been to Paris France and I've been to Paris Paramount. Paris Paramount is better."
- Ernst Lubitsch
(Related: France, Paris)

"You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is."
- Ernst Lubitsch
(Related: Talent, Man, Name, Stars, Writers)

"I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?"
- Ernst Lubitsch
(Related: Help)

"I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard."
- Ernst Lubitsch
(Related: Work, Mediocrity)