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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no...

For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no...

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.

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.

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...

You have to think with the heart.

You have to think 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...

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...

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because...

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because...

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...

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

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