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> [I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/i-let-the-audience-use-their-imaginations-can-i-help-it-if-they/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

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## More by Ernst Lubitsch

> [Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/nobody-should-try-to-play-comedy-unless-they-have-a-circus-going-on/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/the-job-of-the-director-is-to-suggest-two-plus-two-let-the-viewer-say/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/you-could-name-the-great-stars-of-the-silent-screen-who-were-finished/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [I've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/i-ve-been-to-paris-france-and-i-ve-been-to-paris-paramount-i-think-i/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/i-sometimes-make-pictures-which-are-not-up-to-my-standard-but-then-it/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/in-hollywood-we-acquire-the-finest-novels-in-order-to-smell-the/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/it-is-the-task-of-the-scenarist-to-invent-little-pieces-of-business/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [I've been to Paris France and I've been to Paris Paramount. Paris Paramount is better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/i-ve-been-to-paris-france-and-i-ve-been-to-paris-paramount-paris/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [There are a thousand ways to point a camera, but really only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/there-are-a-thousand-ways-to-point-a-camera-but-really-only-one/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/i-let-the-audience-use-their-imaginations-can-i-help-it-if-they/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

> [Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid, it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-lubitsch/any-good-movie-is-filled-with-secrets-if-a-director-doesn-t-leave/)

[Ernst Lubitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-lubitsch/)

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