George Stevens

I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most…

— George Stevens

I'm interested in all the new ideas, such as 3-D and widescreen, but I don't believe the technical method of presentation is…

— George Stevens

The audience too should be respected by being presented with a film as they remember it, and for those who have not…

— George Stevens

When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in…

— George Stevens

I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.

— George Stevens

The camera is not the instrument. People are always the instrument.

— George Stevens

It's fine if you want a system that shows a boa constrictor to better advantage than a man.

— George Stevens

For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the…

— George Stevens

It's like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to…

— George Stevens

I was fascinated by all of it. The sounds of the theater and the audience, their rapture when a play took over…

— George Stevens

When a guest blogger can't even be bothered sharing their own post on their social networks; they're pretty much admitting 'I don't…

— George Stevens

I was on a picture for four or five days, had an opportunity to be on a set, and the assistant cameraman…

— George Stevens

Three takes. You're either going to get it, or you're not going to get it. There's no use persisting; it just had…

— George Stevens

I personally like to see films that are the work of as singular a consciousness as possible.

— George Stevens

Only the picture matters. It's what goes on the screen that counts.

— George Stevens

In most Westerns, you know, people are shooting off guns all the time until you don't even notice it anymore.

— George Stevens

Nothing is more pleasant for me than to be on location in the country that I love, in any of our western…

— George Stevens

I had done some work when I was starting in with photography on westerns, and photographing them was the greatest pleasure I…

— George Stevens

My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences.

— George Stevens