Screenwriting Quotes by Vincente Minnelli

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

— Vincente Minnelli

Once you find the right idea, then go ahead and embellish it.

— Vincente Minnelli

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.

— Vincente Minnelli

I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They’re things that the audience…

— Vincente Minnelli

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

— Vincente Minnelli

It's always the story that interests me.

— Vincente Minnelli

That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.

— Vincente Minnelli

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

— Vincente Minnelli

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

— Vincente Minnelli

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

— Vincente Minnelli

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

— Vincente Minnelli

I learn new things all the time.

— Vincente Minnelli