John Frankenheimer

I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't…

— John Frankenheimer

I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

— John Frankenheimer

If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble.

— John Frankenheimer

The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work.

— John Frankenheimer

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.

— John Frankenheimer

But I really am very active in the choice of the line producer with the producer of record and the distributing company,…

— John Frankenheimer

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job

— John Frankenheimer

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great…

— John Frankenheimer

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical…

— John Frankenheimer

You have to be a great storyteller. And you have to master the tools that you have to tell the story which…

— John Frankenheimer

And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to…

— John Frankenheimer

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

— John Frankenheimer

First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies,…

— John Frankenheimer

A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can…

— John Frankenheimer

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

— John Frankenheimer

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a…

— John Frankenheimer

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.

— John Frankenheimer

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

— John Frankenheimer

I really, really love directing films.

— John Frankenheimer

The whole thing of this business is to retain your enthusiasm and, in a sense, retain your innocence and try to practice…

— John Frankenheimer

To do that I try and keep myself in pretty good shape physically and I try to lead my life in such…

— John Frankenheimer

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are…

— John Frankenheimer

If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull…

— John Frankenheimer

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they…

— John Frankenheimer

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

— John Frankenheimer