A Film Director Has To

What's Called A Difficult Decision Is A Difficult Decision Because Either Way You Go There Are Penalties.

I Don't Remember Anything Anybody Said In Any Jack Ford Picture. Nothing Happens Except Action.

The Physical Life Of The Scene Is Determined By Whether The Set Squeezes People Together Or Whether The Set Has An Escape Place In It.

The Motion Pictures I Have Made And The Plays I Have Chosen To Direct Represent My Convictions.

It's Difficult, If Not Impossible, To Get Away With Anything False Before The Camera. That Instrument Penetrates The Husk Of The Actor; It Reveals What's Truly Happening - If Anything, If Nothing. A Close-up Demands Absolute Truth. It's A Severe And Awesome Truth