West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.

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I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't...

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't...

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly...

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly...

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make...

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make...

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in...

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in...

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their...

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their...

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

It's always the story that interests me.

It's always the story that interests me.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think...

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think...

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's...

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's...

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.

We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.

We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.

I learn new things all the time.

I learn new things all the time.