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.

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If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A...

If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A...

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

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

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 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.

You have to think with the heart.

You have to think with the heart.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...