In The 19th Century, You Had Bourgeois

If I Can Say One Thing For My Pictures, It Is A Certain Craftsmanship. A Thought Which Has Gone Into Every Angle. There Is Nothing There Without An Optical Reason.

In The 19th Century, You Had Bourgeois Art Without Politics - An Almost Frozen Idea Of What Beauty Is.

I Worked For Ufa As A Set Designer, You Know.

My Idea At This Time, Which Was Slowly Developing, Was To Create A Comedie Humaine With Little People, Average People - Samples From Every Period In American Life.

Rock Hudson Was Not An Educated Man, But That Very Beautiful Body Of His Was Putty In My Hands.