Ernst Quotes

I`m not preaching a sermon from the mount, you know. This is just my own opinion. But it does seem to me that when our industry got vulgar and cheap, we began losing our regular customers. Sure, people are curious, and they`ll go see any provocative thing once - maybe even four or five times - but eventually they`ll just stay home and watch television. There used to be this little Frenchman in Hollywood who made all these risqué movies . . . what the hell was his name? . . . Lubitsch (Ernst Lubitsch, who was actually German)! He could make pictures as risqué as anything you`ll see today, but he made them with taste and illusion. The only sadness in my heart for our business is that we are taking all the illusion out of it. After all, it`s pretty hard to take your daughter to see Deep Throat (1972).

(The jury awarded plaintiff Carol Ernst $243 million, though Texas law prevents her from collecting damages that high.) When the dust settles there will be $26.3 million at 10 percent interest annually, ... I`m not sure Ms. Ernst will see any of that for the next five years.