George Stevens Quotations

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.

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

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.

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.

To produce and direct a movie today, a man really ought to have two heads. It is 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 movie-making. You need another, more sensitive head to get the delicate human emotional values you are trying to put on film.

We played hard tonight and I was really pleased with our effort. While I was disappointed that our goal was taken away, it was the right call made by the officials.

When we passed the ball well, we kind of had Poland back on their heels a bit. We told our kids the game does not end at the half.

We felt that under the circumstances, it made perfect sense to honor his request, ... We are happy that he will be able to be honored next year.

I've always been of the opinion that a director should never touch a film without having a basic knowledge of its contents.

They played very aggressive and took it to us physically. They are a talented team with plenty of speed and that really showed tonight. They have a talented upper class that features the play of their 10 seniors.

This is the kind of game we come to expect when we play Poland. Unfortunately for us we came out of the wrong end.

When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in myself. I abhor this man, and I want him to keep his hands off me.

It's fine if you want a system that shows a boa constrictor to better advantage than a man.

My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences.

When a guest blogger can't even be bothered sharing their own post on their social networks; they're pretty much admitting 'I don't care about this post, and I don't want to be associated with it'. In the end these guests posts are just another form of spam.

A motion picture should be respected as being more than a tool for selling soap, toothpaste, deodorant, used cars, beer and the whole gamut of products advertised on television.