Frank Capra Quotes
I thought drama was when the actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
Compassion is a two-way street.
Compassion is a two way street.
(on his early dream to be an astronomer) I could study the stars and the planets forever. I always wanted to know why, why . . . Pictures changed my mind. I was too far along in the movie business. But when I go back to Caltech now and hear about things I`m not familiar with, like black holes, goddamn! I get mad. How the hell I ever refused that I don`t know . . . But it seems like motion pictures have a terrible hold on me. I don`t know what it is . . .
In our film profession you may have (Clark Gable`s) looks, (Spencer Tracy`s) art, (Marlene Dietrich`s) legs or (Elizabeth Taylor`s) violet eyes, but they don`t mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint.
(upon receiving his AFI Lifetime Achievment Award) I`d be the first to admit I`m a damn good director.
My advice to young filmmakers is this: Don`t follow trends. Start them!
Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite.
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed.
Don`t follow trends, start trends.
(James Stewart)`s appeal lay in being so unusually usual.
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
In our film profession you may have Gable`s looks, Tracy`s art, Marlene`s legs or Liz`s violet eyes, but they don`t mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
My advice to young film-makers is this: don`t follow trends, start them!
Behind every successful man there stands an astonished woman.
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.
(on Marilyn Monroe) "Breasts she had. And a wiggly figure. But to me sex is class, something more than a wiggly behind. If it weren`t, I know 200 whores who would be stars.
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
If you want to send a message, try Western Union.
