Day Quote by 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 in others.

— 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 the real…

— George Stevens

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

— George Stevens

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

— 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 line other…

— 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 handle all…

— George Stevens

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

— 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 care about…

— 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 to work…

— George Stevens