Cinema Quote by Stanley Donen

“Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second.”

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What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in…

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There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.'…

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What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something... that is not easy to do.

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My childhood wasn't very happy. It's a long, grim story about being a Jew in a small southern town.

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When Fred Astaire danced, everything in this world was perfect.

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You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They…

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It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was…

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I can still dance a little, yes, but I like singing better. It's more fun.

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I don't have too many friends. I have only a few people who I really love.

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