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" From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene. "

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" So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot. "

" Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it. "

" Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. "

" It never occurred to me that I could live in California. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else. "

" It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course. "

" If I were very handsome, maybe I'd have been an actor. "

" If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of the world and my ability to deal professionally with actors. As far as perception is concerned, I always try to imagine settings through the best possible eyes. "

" We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it. "

" I was a stage-struck kid. "

" I suppose they call me a woman's director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few. "

" The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances. "

" If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends. "

" As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their craft and their ideas. "

" Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director. "

" I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them. "

" You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure. "

" When one deals with stars, he is dealing with intelligent people. If they weren't intelligent, they wouldn't have arrived at the star pinnacle. "

" I work through the actors, and the more successful I am, the less my work is apparent. "

" I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor with them. Then I keep my eyes open when they rehearse and perform, because you never know where the next stimulation comes from. "

" Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever. "

" You're just poor cornball provincial people, you critics; you just don't know what the hell you're talking about. "

" Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything. "

" You can always land on your feet if you know where the ground is. "