"Actors should never be important. Only directors should……" — D W Griffith
"Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place."
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12 Quotes by D W Griffith
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and…
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The task I'm trying to achieve, above all, is to make you see.
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I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls…
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I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods…
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Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If…
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Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come…
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When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am…
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There will never be talking pictures.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole…
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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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