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title: "2 Frame Quotes By John Huston"
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> [The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/the-directing-of-a-picture-involves-coming-out-of-your-individual/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

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> [A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/a-picture-is-made-you-put-a-frame-around-it-and-move-on-and-one-day/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

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## More by John Huston

> [Once you have found the right shot to introduce the scene-written your first declarative sentence-then the rest flows. You've found the key to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/once-you-have-found-the-right-shot-to-introduce-the-scene-written/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/the-directing-of-a-picture-involves-coming-out-of-your-individual/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [I don't approve of censorship. I like the French theatre idea. Put on the play, and if the audience doesn't care for it, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/i-don-t-approve-of-censorship-i-like-the-french-theatre-idea-put-on/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [Talk to them about things they don't know. Try to give them an inferiority complex. If the actress is beautiful, screw her. If she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/talk-to-them-about-things-they-don-t-know-try-to-give-them-an/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/you-walk-through-a-series-of-arches-so-to-speak-and-then-presently-at/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [Marilyn was one step from oblivion when I directed her in The Asphalt Jungle. I remember she impressed me more off the screen than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/marilyn-was-one-step-from-oblivion-when-i-directed-her-in-the-asphalt/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/the-directing-of-a-picture-involves-coming-out-of-your-individual-2/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [Whenever something is convenient or was modified after 1970, you probably shouldn't use it as root.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/whenever-something-is-convenient-or-was-modified-after-1970-you/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [I Don't Try to Guess What a Million People Will Like. It's Hard Enough to Know What I Like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/i-don-t-try-to-guess-what-a-million-people-will-like-it-s-hard-enough/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/what-to-do-when-inspiration-doesn-t-come-be-careful-not-to-spook-get/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [“I don't got to show you no stinkin' bahdges!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/i-don-t-got-to-show-you-no-stinkin-bahdges/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [There is a wilful lemming-like persistance in remaking past successes time after time. They can't make them as good as they are in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/there-is-a-wilful-lemming-like-persistance-in-remaking-past-successes/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [I am more lost in wonder than ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/i-am-more-lost-in-wonder-than-ever/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/a-picture-is-made-you-put-a-frame-around-it-and-move-on-and-one-day/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

> [She went right down into her own personal experience for everything, reached down and pulled something out of herself that was unique and extraordinary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-huston/she-went-right-down-into-her-own-personal-experience-for-everything/)

[John Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-huston/)

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