Making a film is like going down a mine-once you've started you bid a metaphoricalgoodbye to the daylight and the outside world for the duration. — 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
