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

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At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.

At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.

Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man,...

Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea...

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea...

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

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

If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.

If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.

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.

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...

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...