“[On Dr. Strangelove ]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
When you're making a film, you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and there is a tendency to… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Because I direct films, I have to live in a major English-speaking production center. That narrows it down to three places: Los… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“A film is -or should be- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I love editing. I think I like it more than any other phase of film making. If I wanted to be frivolous,… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I'm happy - at times - making films. I'm certainly unhappy not making films. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They're admired and hero-worshipped… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. He is irrational, brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where his own… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
It's a passion when you're doing it for other people and you're doing it for the people around you making the film and the… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“ [When asked if he had ever learned anything about his work from film criticism] No. To see a film once and write a… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
