May 2, 2005

More stars than there are in heaven

Not even Mark Steyn can improve upon the actual Louis B. Mayer:
Every quote intended to reveal him as coarse and blinkered seemed rather shrewd and insightful. On Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis: “The guinea’s not bad, but what do I do with the monkey?” No one’s ever come up with a good answer to that. Asked to replace the journeyman George Seitz on the Andy Hardy series, he replied: “If you get a better director, you won’t have as good a picture.” Whoever signed Ang Lee for the Hulk movie should have that line chiseled on his desk.

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