Robert Wise Quotes

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• My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.
• I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know…
• As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide…
• A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for…
• The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult film - from a physical and logistical…
• Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had…
• A reflection of my feelings about the space program is found in a quotation from Charles A. Lindbergh's "Autobiography of Values." It reads, "Whether outwardly…
• You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe…
• You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend…
• I've always been proud of being a Hoosier. When I talk to people, I tell them that.
• You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines.
• You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe…

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