John Huston

(205 votes)   Talk to them about things they don't know. Try to give them an inferiority complex. If the actress is beautiful, screw her. If she isn't, present her with a valuable painting she will not understand. If they insist on being boring, kick their asses or twist their noses. And that's about all there is to it.

John Huston
1906-1987, American Film Director

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(15 votes)   You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession.

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(14 votes)   I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like.

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(13 votes)   I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.

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(12 votes)   Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams.

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(12 votes)   What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.

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(11 votes)   After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.

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(11 votes)   The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.

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(14 votes)   It's not color, it's like pouring 40 tablespoons of sugar water over a roast.

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