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I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Craft Except Much Never Pictures Proud Regarded Style Very

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I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Always Artists Great Heart Literature Think Thought I Think

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I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: About American American Society Except Farm Felt Films Home Lived Making Never Perhaps San Society True Valley Wife

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I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Designer Know Set Set Designer Worked You

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If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Live Read

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In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Almost Art Beauty Bourgeois Century Frozen Had Idea Politics Without You 19Th Century

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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.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: America American Came Few Found Intellectually Intellectuals Late Many Proud Real Very Why

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My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: American American Life Average Average People Create Developing Every Idea Life Little Little People People Period Samples Slowly Time Which

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Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Beautiful Body Educated Hands His Hudson Man Rock Very

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Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, Goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered.

~Douglas Sirk

Topics: Actor Assistant Before He Hunter Learned Left Lot Man Me Most Never Picture Pleasant Shooting Take Town Young Young Man

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Director

Born: April 26th, 1897

Died: January 14th, 1987

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