D W Griffith Quotes

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• It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly,…
• The task I'm trying to achieve, above all, is to make you see.
• I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must…
• I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards,…
• Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to…
• Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the…
• When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.
• There will never be talking pictures.
• Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
• Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
• Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
• Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.

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