At The Time I Belonged To The

If I Can Say One Thing For My Pictures, It Is A Certain Craftsmanship. A Thought Which Has Gone Into Every Angle. There Is Nothing There Without An Optical Reason.

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.

There Arose A Belief In Style - And In Banality. Banality Encompassed Politics, Too, Because It Was A Common Belief That Politics Were Not Worthy Of Art.

I Worked For Ufa As A Set Designer, You Know.

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.