Ernst Lubitsch Quotes
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I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard.
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Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside.
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There are a thousand ways to point a camera, but really only one.
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Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture is good, it's mysterious, with things unsaid.
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I've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount
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It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that their personalities clearly and organically unfold before the eyes of the audience so that the latter feel that the actions of these people are contingent upon their characters, that there exists some kind of a logical fate, and that nothing is left to mere accident or coincidence.
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The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four.
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You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.
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In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings.
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