All Work And No Play Makes Jack

A Film Is - Or Should Be - More Like Music Than Like Fiction. It Should Be A Progression Of Moods And Feelings. The Theme, What's Behind The Emotion, The Meaning, All That Comes Later.

The Screen Is A Magic Medium. It Has Such Power That It Can Retain Interest As It Conveys Emotions And Moods That No Other Art Form Can Hope To Tackle.

What Do You Take Me For? A Fourteen Karat Sucker?

The Director's Job Is To Know What Emotional Statement He Wants A Character To Convey In His Scene Or His Line, And To Exercise Taste And Judgment In Helping The Actor Give His Best Possible Performance.

The Truth Of A Thing Is In The Feel Of It, Not In The Think Of It.