Ernst Lubitsch

Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside.

— Ernst Lubitsch

The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four.

— Ernst Lubitsch

You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who…

— Ernst Lubitsch

I've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount

— Ernst Lubitsch

I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that…

— Ernst Lubitsch

In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings.

— Ernst Lubitsch

It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an…

— Ernst Lubitsch

I've been to Paris France and I've been to Paris Paramount. Paris Paramount is better.

— Ernst Lubitsch

There are a thousand ways to point a camera, but really only one.

— Ernst Lubitsch

I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?

— Ernst Lubitsch

Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid,…

— Ernst Lubitsch