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Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

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I really think that people never go wrong by telling the truth.

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No country could claim to be civilized if its legal system weren't available to everyone in it.

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You can't stop traffic on Times Square.

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I'd get bored if I... if I had to do a movie, and there was no love story in it, I would just be bored. I mean, I would do it, but it would be kind of boring.

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Every time I am directing, I question why in God's name I'm doing it again. It's like hitting yourself in the forehead with a hammer.

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Good actors aren't enough. You need charisma. Can you imagine 'Casablanca' without Bogart and Bergman?

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I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

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I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

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If I want to make people moved or cry in a film, I figure out what the room looks like, what the people are wearing, what time of day it is, what the light is, how to photograph it, where to put the camera. It involves optics and costume design and set design and architecture.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: July 1st, 1934

Died: May 26th, 2008

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