“Those who deal with the mass audience tend to become cynical as they search for the lowest common denominator of appeal.”

-- Garson Kanin, “Hollywood,” his memoir and warts-and-all love letter to Samuel Goldwyn, who never suffered the above problem. In fact, Kanin gives him the last line: “The public is f'Chrissake smarter than we are!” Would that I believed that. Would that it were true.

Posted at 03:04 PM on Mon. Mar 24, 2014 in category Quote of the Day  
Tags: Garson Kanin, Hollywood, Samuel Goldwyn

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