I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise. — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
We taped all this and then got it transcribed and picked the best lines or ideas or ways to take a scene. I've done… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see something,… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson. — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Still, the film nearly didn't happen a number of times. There were great arguments with United Artists about how to reduce the cost because… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
I have a feeling he felt Jon Voight had run away with the film, which he didn't, though he was brilliant in it, in… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
That attitude toward women as objects may have worked for the late Sixties, but it doesn't do so now. — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life,… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes. — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Symbolism perhaps is a bit in your face, and I've tried my best to control that as best I can as I've grown older… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way.… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
