I Think The Great Artists (..) Have

I Never Regarded My Pictures As Very Much To Be Proud Of, Except In This, The Craft, The Style.

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.

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.

A Director In Hollywood In My Time Couldn't Do What He Wanted To Do.

Throughout My Pictures I Employ A Lighting Which Is Not Naturalistic.