"Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again."

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"Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again."

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"So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light."

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"You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you."

Hope

"We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me."

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"Stanley didn't shy away from true humanity or from the ugliness that all people are capable of."

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"I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path."

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