A Director In Hollywood In My Time

I Think The Great Artists (..) Have Always Thought With The Heart.

At The Time I Belonged To The Socialist Party, And Hitler Came To Power.

Yes, I Was Hired By Universal Because They Needed A Comedy Director. They Had Seen Scandal And Liked It. I Saw An Opportunity Even In Those Comedies To Begin My Project Of American Films.

My Idea At This Time, Which Was Slowly Developing, Was To Create A Comedie Humaine With Little People, Average People - Samples From Every Period In American Life.

Intellectualism Came Very Late To America. That's Why Americans Are So Proud Of It. I Found Very Few Real Intellectuals In America. But There Are So Many Pseudo-intellectuals.