Three takes. You're either going to get it, or you're not going to get it. There's no use persisting; it just had to work that way. — George Stevens Copy Share Image
I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others. — George Stevens Copy Share Image
I'm interested in all the new ideas, such as 3-D and widescreen, but I don't believe the technical method of presentation is the real… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
The audience too should be respected by being presented with a film as they remember it, and for those who have not seen it,… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in myself. I… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal. — George Stevens Copy Share Image
The camera is not the instrument. People are always the instrument. — George Stevens Copy Share Image
It's fine if you want a system that shows a boa constrictor to better advantage than a man. — George Stevens Copy Share Image
For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
It's like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to handle all… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
I was fascinated by all of it. The sounds of the theater and the audience, their rapture when a play took over and moved… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
When a guest blogger can't even be bothered sharing their own post on their social networks; they're pretty much admitting 'I don't care about… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
I was on a picture for four or five days, had an opportunity to be on a set, and the assistant cameraman kept showing… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
Three takes. You're either going to get it, or you're not going to get it. There's no use persisting; it just had to work… — George Stevens Copy Share Image
I personally like to see films that are the work of as singular a consciousness as possible. — George Stevens Copy Share Image
Only the picture matters. It's what goes on the screen that counts. — George Stevens Copy Share Image
