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> [Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/not-a-single-person-i-named-hadn-t-already-been-named-at-least-a-half/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

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## More by Edward Dmytryk

> [The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/the-human-situation-in-all-its-guises-is-what-good-films-are-all/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/the-films-dramatic-requirements-should-always-take-precedence-over/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/i-only-knew-a-few-people-literally-a-handful-of-people-al-of-whom-had/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [In art, the obvious is a sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/in-art-the-obvious-is-a-sin/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [I knew that if it ever got down to a choice between the Party and our traditional democratic structure I would fight the Party…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/i-knew-that-if-it-ever-got-down-to-a-choice-between-the-party-and-our/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/with-me-it-was-that-defending-the-communist-party-was-something-worse/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/with-me-it-was-that-defending-the-communist-party-was-something-worse-2/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/the-only-reason-for-using-another-cut-is-to-improve-the-scene/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/technical-skill-counts-for-nothing-if-it-is-used-only-to-manufacture/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/not-a-single-person-i-named-hadn-t-already-been-named-at-least-a-half/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/i-believed-that-i-was-being-forced-to-sacrifice-my-family-and-my/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/the-film-s-dramatic-requirements-should-always-take-precedence-over/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

> [I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-dmytryk/i-was-surprised-to-see-the-meeting-was-of-communists-and-the-whole/)

[Edward Dmytryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-dmytryk/)

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