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title: "1 Shooting Scene Quotes By Stanley Kubrick"
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> [ The reality of the final moment, just before shooting \[the scene\], is so powerful that all previous analysis must yield before the impressions you receive under these circumstances, and unless you use this feedback to your positive advantage, unless you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/the-reality-of-the-final-moment-just-before-shooting-the-scene-is-so/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

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## More by Stanley Kubrick

> [You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They're admired and hero-worshipped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/you-know-i-often-thought-that-the-gangster-and-the-artist-are-the/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/gee-i-wish-we-had-one-of-them-doomsday-machines-things/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/you-sit-at-the-board-and-suddenly-your-heart-leaps-your-hand-trembles/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/it-s-a-mistake-to-confuse-pity-with-love/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. He is irrational, brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/man-isn-t-a-noble-savage-he-s-an-ignoble-savage-he-is-irrational/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/if-it-can-be-written-or-thought-it-can-be-filmed/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [It's a passion when you're doing it for other people and you're doing it for the people around you making the film and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/it-s-a-passion-when-you-re-doing-it-for-other-people-and-you-re-doing/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/new-york-was-the-only-really-hostile-city-perhaps-there-is-a-certain/)

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> [The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/the-screen-is-a-magic-medium-it-has-such-power-that-it-can-retain/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [ “ \[When asked if he had ever learned anything about his work from film criticism\] No. To see a film once and write a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/when-asked-if-he-had-ever-learned-anything-about-his-work-from-film/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/however-vast-the-darkness-we-must-supply-our-own-light/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/bad-films-gave-me-the-courage-to-try-making-a-movie/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: 'The lady is smiling because she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/how-could-we-possibly-appreciate-the-mona-lisa-if-leonardo-had/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/when-a-man-cannot-choose-he-ceases-to-be-a-man/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

> [I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthromorphic image of God. I don't believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/i-will-say-that-the-god-concept-is-at-the-heart-of-2001-but-not-any/)

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