Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.

The best director is the one you don't see.

If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town. I have never met anybody as mean as Marilyn Monroe or as utterly fabulous on the screen.

I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all.