Movie Quotes by William Friedkin

10 Movie quotes by William Friedkin

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William Friedkin’s perspective on movies is captured in ten brief observations. These lines give a direct sense of his cinematic philosophy without any extra fluff.

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I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

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The art of movies is to allow the audience to suspend their disbelief. They need to use their imaginations.

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To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.

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I don't go to the movies much anymore. There's very little that draws me. I watch mostly the older stuff, and I…

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I'm not a fan of 3D. But I am a huge fan of digital imagery. Because it allows a filmmaker much more…

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In the case of a film like The Exorcist or To Live and Die in L.A., I saw the whole movie in…

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If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good…

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I don't believe that Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, or any damn picture that you can name, would be better…

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I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved…

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You don't leave the film alone. You have a new audience, and you have a new medium. Why would you leave it…

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I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

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All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And…

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None of the chase scenes that I did had any opticals. We had to do all of that physically. The first thing you have…

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I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.

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The studios are making fewer films. They are making more expensive films. Profits are tougher to come by. Not only because of the expense…

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I'm not a fan of 3D. But I am a huge fan of digital imagery. Because it allows a filmmaker much more latitude to…

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There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and…

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If Star Wars had failed, you wouldn't have 90 percent of what's out there today.

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I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.

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Technique is of less interest than character and story.

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I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved by a…

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But the audience is right. They're always, always right. You hear directors complain that the advertising was lousy, the distribution is no good, the…

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