If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
If a young man is going to get ahead, if he is going to reach the top, he must be all wrapped up in what he is doing. He has to give his job - whatever it is - not only his talent but every bit of his enthusiasm and devotion.
The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
I'm living beyond my means, but I can afford it.
Some who are not paid what they are worth ought to be glad.
In picture-making the writer is the most important cog in the wheel.