The difference between life and the movies is that a script needs to make sense, and life doesn’t.
Quotations by:
Mankiewicz, Joseph
Well versed in the natural sciences and mathematics. She speaks seven languages proficiently. Were she not a woman one would consider her to be an intellectual.
Joseph Mankiewicz (1909–1993) American screenwriter, director, producer
Cleopatra [Agrippa] (1963) [with S. Buchman, B. Hecht, R. MacDougall]
Speaking of the title character.