Sidney Lumet Quotes
- In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.
- The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.
- For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
- If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has…
- Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).
- There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.
- Dolby was in the driver's seat. "Surround Sound" was added. Now we had three speakers behind the screen, two more on the left side of…
- Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is
- The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .
- Work is my norm. I have mad energy, insane energy, a kind of stamina in terms of work that's a little crazy.
- All good work requires self-revelation.
- I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine…
- All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.