You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.