8 quotes by Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897-1953), American (Screenwriter)

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Imagine--the whole world wired to Harry Cohn's ass!

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There, but for the grace of God, goes God.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

There are millions to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots. Don't let thisget around.

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Herman J. Mankiewicz

Born: November 7, 1897
Died: March 5, 1953
Nationality: American
Profession: Screenwriter

Biography

Herman Jacob Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Earlier, he was a Berlin correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily, assistant theater editor at The New York Times, and the first regular drama critic at The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Herman Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York". Both Mankiewicz and Welles received Academy Awards for their screenplay.

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