The Best Pictures Are Yet To Be

If The Audience Gets Everything, If They See The Photography And Notice That It Is Good, Then The Story Goes Out The Window, But If You Become Involved With The Lives Of The Actors And Forget That You Are Seeing Mechanical Devices On A Huge Screen - Forget The Make-believe - This Is The Job Of The Director To Involve The Audience With The Actors.

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.

I Happen To Think That Jesus Was The Greatest Hero Of All Time. I Don't Think You Could Invent That Kind Of A Hero. He Had It All - Everything That The Human Spirit Could Yearn For. There Is Nothing That Man Ever Said Or Did, By Word Or Deed That Is Evil. That Is Not Full Of Compassion. That Is Not Full Of Love For Your Neighbor Whether He's Down Or Out, Or Up - No Matter What. He Taught That You Must Love Your Neighbor Whether He's A Crook, A Beggar, Whether He's Rich Or Poor.

Making Money, Getting Yourself Status In This World Is Not Everything At All. But It Has Become Everything In America. That You Really Have To Get Going And Keep Up With The Jones'. Get A House And A Car And Other Things. And Pretty Soon You're Stymied. Things Own You.

One Is Never Completely Satisfied. But I Can Say That I'm Not Dissatisfied. I've Been Very Fortunate. I've Been Given Some Gifts - To Take Advantage Of The Contemporary Times When I Made Movies. Gifts To Make Audiences Laugh.