 Actors are cattle. |
| When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.' |
| There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever. |
| This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. |
| I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it. |
| The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. |
| These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig. |
| I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. |
| I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks. |
| I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them. |
| A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. |
| Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs. |
| There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. |
| In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man. |
| In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director. |
| Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. |
| What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out. |
| Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up. |
| There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. |
| Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some. |
