American - Director | July 1, 1902 - July 27, 1981
If Beethoven could write his 'Eroica Symphony' stone deaf, then William Wyler can do a musical.
William Wyler
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There's only one prima donna in my pictures, and that's me!
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A director must push his actors to the utmost limit to get everything possible out of each scene - without being corny or sentimental or going overboard.
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The good ones push their luck to the limit - like Laurence Oliver. As actor and director, he will go just as far as he can.
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Confusion seems to have become the vogue of European directors.
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Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.
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Look at 'Marienbad' honestly. What is it? It is just another talking radio show with pictures. Nobody acts. People stand around while the author talks about the woodwork.
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When beautiful movie stars allow themselves to look terrible, people think they're really acting.
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I'm delighted that 'The Sound of Music' is doing so well. Of course, it's an infallible piece of material. Even when second- and third-rate road companies were doing the play, they did enormous business.
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It looked like 'The Sound of Music' would even surpass 'Ben Hur,' and I thought it would be unfair for me to have done both. I thought I'd leave something for somebody else. That's a quip.
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I'm here to make good pictures. If I don't see it, I won't touch it. I may not make a good picture, but I still gotta believe in it!
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I'm accused constantly of having 'no signature.' That's the big artistic demerit. You can't tell a Wyler film from another man's film just by looking at it.
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