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I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.

~George Stevens

Topics: Arrogance Brutality Capable Despise Discover Fierce Most Myself Others See Thing Which Within You Yourself I See

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I was fascinated by all of it. The sounds of the theater and the audience, their rapture when a play took over and moved them and held them quietly... When the audience was truly moved, it was absolutely quiet. They were in a communion because they were learning the truth about themselves.

~George Stevens

Topics: About Absolutely Audience Because Communion Fascinated Held Learning Moved Over Play Quiet Quietly Rapture Sounds Theater Them Themselves Took Truly Truth Were

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For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start.

~George Stevens

Topics: Absolutely Along Anywhere Beginning Coming Contributing Line Me Necessary Other Something Start Than Think Very

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The audience too should be respected by being presented with a film as they remember it, and for those who have not seen it, as it was intended to be seen. Anything less is a degradation of the film and its audience.

~George Stevens

Topics: Anything Audience Being Degradation Film Intended Less Presented Remember Respected Seen Should Those Too Who

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I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.

~George Stevens

Topics: Could Might Say Scandal Something Thought Turned

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I'm interested in all the new ideas, such as 3-D and widescreen, but I don't believe the technical method of presentation is the real important thing.

~George Stevens

Topics: Believe Ideas Important Important Thing Interested Method New New Ideas Presentation Real Technical Thing

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Only the picture matters. It's what goes on the screen that counts.

~George Stevens

Topics: Counts Goes Matters Only Picture Screen

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I personally like to see films that are the work of as singular a consciousness as possible.

~George Stevens

Topics: Consciousness Films Like Personally Possible See Singular Work

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It's like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to handle all the vast paraphernalia of moviemaking. You need another, more sensitive head to get the delicate human emotional values you are trying to put on film.

~George Stevens

Topics: Another Cop Delicate Emotional Executive Film Get Handle Head Human Like More Moviemaking Need Poem Put Same Same Time Sensitive Time Traffic Trying Values Vast Write You

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Three takes. You're either going to get it, or you're not going to get it. There's no use persisting; it just had to work that way.

~George Stevens

Topics: Either Get Going Had Just Takes Three Use Way Work You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: December 18th, 1904

Died: March 8th, 1975

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