I got a job at Metro and went in to see Louis Mayer, who told me he wanted me to be a producer. I said I wanted to write and direct. He said, "No, you have to produce first, you have to crawl before you can walk." Which is as good a definition of producing as I ever heard.
Joseph L. MankiewiczPlease don't look at me as if you had a source of income other than your salary.
Joseph L. MankiewiczI've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz