“There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to have the ears of the whole world too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk. Talk! TALK!”
More from Charles Brackett
“Never ask a big man for a small favor.”
“I'm walking here! I'm walking here!”
“I am big! It's the pictures that got small.”
“All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.”