Budd Schulberg
Birthday: 27 March 1914, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Seymour Wilson Schulberg
Budd Schulberg was born on March 27, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA as Seymour Wilson Schulberg. He was a writer and producer, known for On the Waterfront (1954), A Face in the Crowd (1957) and ...Show More
On testifying and naming names before the House Un-American Activities Committee: "I didn't especial Show more
On testifying and naming names before the House Un-American Activities Committee: "I didn't especially like the [House] committee, but I didn't like the way the party was trying to take over the Screenwriters Guild - they had put four young people on the board, including me. I felt that what the party was doing secretively was very wrong - it could have been the Ku Klux Klan or the American Nazis. And nobody came out and said that Stalin was killing more people than Hitler - I resented the fact that they only defended their side." Hide
[on his friendly testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee] "I don't feel what som Show more
[on his friendly testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee] "I don't feel what some people expect me to feel. What's painful is to have believed in something that sounded so right, and that turned out the way the Soviet Union turned out. It's more the disillusionment that hurts for me." Hide
Young people today seem to admire Sammy [his fictional character Sammy Glick]. I do find it rather d Show more
Young people today seem to admire Sammy [his fictional character Sammy Glick]. I do find it rather disconcerting. Once I was speaking at a college, and a young man came up afterwards and said, 'I just want to shake your hand. I'm a senior, and I've been worrying about how I'll make it in the real world. And now that I've read your book, I'm inspired.' Hide
Budd Schulberg's FILMOGRAPHY
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