Film Quotes by Irvin Kershner

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

— Irvin Kershner

In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American…

— Irvin Kershner

I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.

— Irvin Kershner

I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.

— Irvin Kershner

There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.

— Irvin Kershner

After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and…

— Irvin Kershner

Nobody can be happy. You could have moments of happiness, moments of joy. But life is very difficult. Unless you're a total idiot. Then…

— Irvin Kershner

I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.

— Irvin Kershner

We had an electronic head and arm for Threepio, and I manipulated the mechanism with a joystick. But it wasn't working. The propman said,…

— Irvin Kershner

Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable.

— Irvin Kershner

It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise.…

— Irvin Kershner

The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have to remain…

— Irvin Kershner