She looked Spencer over, tip to toe, as though she were considering buying him. Then she smiled her friendliest smile and said, "You're rather short, aren't you?" "Don't worry honey, " said Mankiewicz, trying desperately to extinguish Spencer's glare. "He'll cut you down to size.

Garson Kanin
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A lady who was apparently eyeing Spencer Mankiewicz, the main character in the film The Wizard of Oz, said to director Mankiewicz, "You're rather short, aren't you?" "Don't worry honey," said the director. "He'll cut you down to size." This happened at the end of one of the first scenes in which Spencer was shown standing next to Dorothy Gale.

Source: Tracy And Hepburn

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