Frank Capra famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.
-- Frank Capra

#Dark #Two #People
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
-- Frank Capra

#Sin #Cardinals #Filmmaking
There are no rules in filmmaking
-- Frank Capra

#Filmmaking
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
-- Frank Capra

#Creativity #Positive Thinking #Intuition
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
-- Frank Capra

#Mistake #Drama #Actors
Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a child of God, equal heir to all the bounties of God; and that goodness is riches, kindness is power, and freedom is glory. Above all, every man is born with an inner capacity to take him as far as his imagination can dream or envision-providing he is free to dream and envision.
-- Frank Capra

#Dream #Strong #Kindness
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
-- Frank Capra

#Music #Two #Three
My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!
-- Frank Capra

#Advice #Trends #Young
Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite.
-- Frank Capra

#Opposites #Situation #Turns
Compassion is a two way street.
-- Frank Capra

#Inspirational #Compassion #Two
Don't follow trends, start trends.
-- Frank Capra

#Inspirational #Trends
Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint.
-- Frank Capra

#Helping #Paint #Delusion
Automatic simply means that you can?t repair it yourself.
-- Frank Capra

#Mean #Sarcasm
In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
-- Frank Capra

#Art #Mean #Eye
My films must let every man, woman, and child know that God loves them, that I love them, and that peace and salvation will become a reality only when they all learn to love each other.
-- Frank Capra

#Children #Reality #Men
The best pictures are yet to be made.
-- Frank Capra

#Best Picture #Made
I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain and hear the laugh of a child.
-- Frank Capra

#Children #Rain #Fall
The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.
-- Frank Capra

#World #Oscars #Public Relations
Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.
-- Frank Capra

#Doors #Stardust #Divine
Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed
-- Frank Capra

#Racket #Understood
Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film.
-- Frank Capra

#Play #Numbers #Boss
In these days of wars and rumors of wars, haven't you ever dreamed of a place where there was peace and security, where living was not a struggle but a lasting delight?
-- Frank Capra

#War #Struggle #Rumor
If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union.
-- Frank Capra

#Trying #Unions #Want
I think of the medium as a people-to-people medium, not cameraman-to-people, not direction-to-people, not writers-to-people, but people-to-peopleYou can only involve an audience with people. You can't involve them with gimmicks, with sunsets, with hand-held cameras, zoom shots, or anything else. They couldn't care less about those things. But you give them something to worry about, some person they can worry about, and care about, and you've got them, you've got them involved.
-- Frank Capra

#Sunset #Thinking #Hands

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