Born On This Day — July 1, 1912
I’m here to make good pictures. If I don’t see it, I won’t touch it. I may not make a good picture, but I still gotta believe in it! —William Wyler Continue reading Born On This Day — July 1, 1912
Category: In Their Words
Thoughts from directors around the world.
Born On This Day — July 1, 1899
Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it. It’s the perfect mummers’ home. If one weren’t a little mad one wouldn’t be there. —Charles Laughton Continue reading Born On This Day — July 1, 1899
Born On This Day — June 28, 1926
My movies rise below vulgarity. Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius. —Mel Brooks Continue reading Born On This Day — June 28, 1926
Born On This Day — June 27, 1966
The thing that the great genre filmmaking has always done is taken issues of now and told them through allegory and made them palatable for larger audiences. I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks … Continue reading Born On This Day — June 27, 1966
Born On This Day — June 27, 1941
It’s a well-known theory that film has twenty-four frames to the second, and that a film is always the same; but that’s not true. Even though the reel might be exactly the same, the film’s entirely different when it’s shown … Continue reading Born On This Day — June 27, 1941
Born On This Day — June 26, 1970
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out. —Paul Thomas Anderson Continue reading Born On This Day — June 26, 1970
Born On This Day — June 25, 1924
Look, on a movie, we’re all giving each other something precious. No bullshit, I can’t think of a better job. It’s not a technique. I’m not a fool. I think I’m a talented man. But then there’s luck. I think … Continue reading Born On This Day — June 25, 1924
Born On This Day — June 24, 1930
There is no new wave, only the sea. —Claude Chabrol Continue reading Born On This Day — June 24, 1930
Born On This Day — June 23, 1964
Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class. Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict—for a living. We do this all the time, sometimes on … Continue reading Born On This Day — June 23, 1964
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