I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor with them. Then I keep my eyes open when they rehearse and perform, because you never know where… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy and well… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances. — George Cukor Copy Share Image
“Be adventurous, but, of course, with some sense of reality. You shouldn't say, "There's nothing I can't do," because you know damn well there… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
