Quotes by George Murphy

All right. You know some bankers who are slick with a slice of secret sin. You've seen some bakers and candlestick makers who are no credit to their profession. Yet you don't damn banking and baking, and candlestick making because of them.
– George Murphy
How can you practice dancing in an airplane? There's a law against it.
– George Murphy
I feel so strongly on the power for good Hollywood has that I believe its influence is not only national but international.
– George Murphy
I was in Paris and visted the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer office there. On one wall I saw a map of the world, with pins indicateing the location of Metro offices thruout the world. It stunned me. Never before had I realized the size and scope of the organization for which I work. If we and other studios sent goodwill emmissaries to the cities and countries represented by such a map, the results would be unbelievable.
– George Murphy
I'd like to make a movie pretty soon, so I could get a rest.
– George Murphy
If people don't know each other, they distrust on another. Okay. Lets get to know each other. Let's sit down and chat and iron out our gripes. Many people ridicule and disparage Hollywood because a few irresponsible representatives have given it a black eye.
– George Murphy
Newspaper headlines throughout the nation scream what's wrong with Hollywood. Someone has to tell the people what's right with it. That certainly isn't my job alone, but I've taken it on because there's such a great need for giving people an honest, accurate picture of Hollywood.
– George Murphy
Sure we have our backsliders. But for every backslider we have hundreds of fine, clean, decent, law abiding citizens in Hollywood. These are the ones who interest me. The others don't exist. I'm not interested in their antics. They're bums.
– George Murphy
The time will come when motion picture studios will school their actors in public relations and send them out every year to talk before service clubs, schools, churches, and women's groups. For me, that day can't come too soon, because the interest in Hollywood is unbelievable.
– George Murphy