Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

Quote by William Friedkin

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Technique is of less interest than character and story.

Technique is of less interest than character and story.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take...

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take...

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of...

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost...

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's...

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's...

Violence is not funny.

Violence is not funny.

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very...

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very...

Violence is not funny.

Violence is not funny.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically,...

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically,...

If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of...

If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of...

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...

In Maidanek, Poland, there was only one place where the children were treated kindly; at...

In Maidanek, Poland, there was only one place where the children were treated kindly; at...

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he...

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

I went to a football game once and got punched in the face, but you...

I went to a football game once and got punched in the face, but you...