A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

The leading actors in several of Goldwyn films especially those directed by William Wyler were also Oscar-nominated for their performances. For example he was reported to have said "I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead. For example the statement attributed to Goldwyn that "a verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" is actually a well-documented misreporting of an actual quote praising the trustworthiness of a colleague: "His verbal contract is worth more than the paper it's written on".

July 1879 – January 31 1974) also known as Samuel Goldfish was an American film producer. Samuel Goldwyn (born Schmuel Gelbfisz (Yiddish: שמואל גלבפֿיץ); c.