The difference between life and the movies is that a script needs to make sense, and life doesn’t.
Quotations by:
Mankiewicz, Joseph
Well, it’s no trick to make a lot of money — if all you want to do is make a lot of money.
Joseph Mankiewicz (1909-1993) American screenwriter, director, producer
Citizen Kane [Mr. Bernstein] (1941) [with Orson Welles]
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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.