- John Gilbert: You know, the truth is MGM needs me about as much as it needs another blonde starlet with a cute behind. You knock on any ten doors in this town, another Jack Gilbert will answer five, with a perfect smile, glint in his eye.
- [Chuckles]
- Louis B. Mayer: [During a preview of Flesh and the Devil] Call the fire department. The screen is gonna burst into flames.
- Greta Garbo: [Facing a barrage of reporters] Oh, go away, leave me alone!
- Male Reporter: What'd she say?
- Female Reporter: She said: "I vant to be alone."
- Male Reporter: Oh yeah? Okay.
- Louis B. Mayer: If I thought actors were gonna have to talk, I would've stayed in the junk business!