Dorothy Arzner famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened to quit each time I didn't get my way, but no one ever let me walk out.
-- Dorothy Arzner

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I would like the [film] industry to be more aware of what they're doing to influence people for good and for bad. There's no doubt that we're affected by our environment
-- Dorothy Arzner

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When I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window.
-- Dorothy Arzner

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In other words, the propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not describe the behaviour of physical, or even mental, objects; they express definitions, or the formal consequences of definitions. Accordingly we may say that philosophy is a department of logic. For we will see that the characteristic mark of a purely logical enquiry, is that it is concerned with the formal consequences of our definitions and not with questions of empirical fact.
Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10^27 atoms.
I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.
It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.
How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?
When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.
There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.
I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.
Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.

Dorothy Arzner famous quotes

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