Ben Hecht quotes - page 3

Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less. (Ben Hecht)
There are millions of Americans who belong by nature in movie theaters as they belong at political rallies or in fortuneteller parlors and on the shoot-the-chutes. To these millions, the movies are a sort of boon - a gaudier version of religion. View quote
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The German mass murder of the Jews... brought my Jewishness to the surface. View quote
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I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer. View quote
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