My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened to quit each tim...e I didn't get my way, but no one ever let me walk out.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His world: dominate...d by adults who tell him what to do and when to do it--benevolent tyrants who dispense gifts to their "good" subjects and punishment to their "bad" ones, who are amused at the "cleverness" of children and annoyed by their "stupidities."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The audience is the most revered member of the theater. Without an audience there is no theater. Every technique learned by the ac...tor, every curtain, every flat on the stage, every careful analysis by the director, every coordinated scene, is for the enjoyment of the audience. They are our guests, our evaluators, and the last spoke in the wheel which can then begin to roll. They make the performance meaningful.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
With all the efforts made by modern society to nurture and educate the young, how stupid it is to permit the mothers of young chil...dren to spend themselves in the coarser work of the world!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Bill: I have champagne, caviar, marinated truffles, brilliant foie gras and half-a-dozen assorted Hungarian gypsies. Lili: So...unds delicious. Bill: I thought we'd go on a picnic. Lili: At three in the morning? Bill: It's the best time--no ants.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If you want to know something he won't tell you, cut off one of his fingers--the little one. Then tell him his thumb's next. After... that he'll tell you if he wears ladies' underwear.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of a...ll kinds of filth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »