Compassion Is A Two Way Street.

Whenever A Situation Develops To Its Extreme, It Is Bound To Turn Around And Become Its Opposite.

Film Is Universal. All The Countries Of The World Are Making Films. Hollywood Is The Only Major Unsubsidized Center For Films. To My Knowledge All Others Are At Least Partially Subsidized. I'm Glad Hollywood Isn't.

No Saint, No Pope, No General, No Sultan, Has Ever Had The Power That A Filmmaker Has; The Power To Talk To Hundreds Of Millions Of People For Two Hours In The Dark.

If The Audience Gets Everything, If They See The Photography And Notice That It Is Good, Then The Story Goes Out The Window, But If You Become Involved With The Lives Of The Actors And Forget That You Are Seeing Mechanical Devices On A Huge Screen - Forget The Make-believe - This Is The Job Of The Director To Involve The Audience With The Actors.

Automatic Simply Means That You Can?t Repair It Yourself.