"My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences."
"It's fine if you want a system that shows a boa constrictor to better advantage than a man."
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George Stevens
Filmmaker
George Stevens was an influential American filmmaker known for his emotionally resonant films like 'Shane' and 'A Place in the Sun,' which explore themes of love and resilience.
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"I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others."
"The audience too should be respected by being presented with a film as they remember it, and for those who have not seen it, as it was intended to be seen. Anything less is a degradation of the film and its audience."
"I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal."
"When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in myself. I abhor this man, and I want him to keep his hands off me."
"For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start."