"It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop material yourself or material is presented to you as an assignment to direct."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

John Frankenheimer

#Needs Quotes #Way Quotes #Assignments Quotes

“I decided that one day I had to make a film where the viewer couldn't possibly guess the end.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“I liked Bach played the way people expect Chopin to be played, and vice versa.”

Source : Eleanor Bron (1985). “The Pillow Book of Eleanor Bron, Or, an Actress Despairs”
“The greatest tool at our command is the very thing that is photography. Light. Light is our paintbrush and it is a most willing tool in the hands of the one who studies it with a sufficient care.”
“Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image”
“In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot”
“You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2006). “Just Listen: A Novel”, Viking Childrens Books
“Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”
“I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you?”

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