And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

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So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to...

So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to...

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity...

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity...

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen...

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen...

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt...

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt...

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were...

The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were...

At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and...

At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and...

A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.

A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine...

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine...

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I...

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I...

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this,...

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this,...

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the...

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the...

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was...

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was...

I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.

I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not...

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not...

You have to think with the heart.

You have to think with the heart.

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives.

I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives.

But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of...

But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of...