Closeup Quotes

Most women`s pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men`s pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.

On "women`s pictures": "Most women`s pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men`s pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down. I cry too, maybe three times a week, but it`s not in closeup. It`s a wide shot. It`s in the context of a very large and very mean world."

On acting: "You don`t need talent to star in a motion picture. All you need is some intelligence AND the ability to work freely in front of the lens. Why do I always freeze? I went through the war. I jumped out of bombers. I played kick-the-can with E-boats when all we had was a lousy forty-foot dragger with six machine guns and a top speed of six knots. Yet whenever I get a closeup in a nice warm studio, I curl up and die."