I think of the medium as a people-to-people medium, not cameraman-to-people, not direction-to-people, not writers-to-people, but people-to-peopleYou can only involve an audience with people. You can't involve them with gimmicks, with sunsets, with hand-held cameras, zoom shots, or anything else.… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make the film. And I believed the director should be that one man. One man should do it -… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a political mafia. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
Film is universal. All the countries of the world are making films. Hollywood is the only major unsubsidized center for films. To my knowledge… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain and hear the laugh of… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
Things own you. That's the trouble with capitalism. Things own you. With communism and fascism - ideas own you. One idea and you can't… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
Most of ideologies are not based on the individual - no matter what they say. There are these peoples' democracies, nationalism - they're all… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I'm a living example of getting into films backwards. Merely by accident. Exposure to films and ideas is the best thing that colleges can… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I happen to think that Jesus was the greatest hero of all time. I don't think you could invent that kind of a hero.… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
