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It's the story that counts.
Everything in life is theater.
I can be bought, but not bored.
I learn new things all the time.
Changing my name was traumatic for me.
It's always the story that interests me.
Designing Woman was written for the screen.
Color can do anything that black-and-white can.
But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.
I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.
Charm is that extra quality that defies description.
I love the Old Vic so deeply, it's like a second home.
Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.
I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.
I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.
I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.
I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.
We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.
I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.
If you want to learn how to sing, listen to Ella Fitzgerald.
I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.
I would love to go and live in the mountains... and make jam.
Once you find the right idea, then go ahead and embellish it.
There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem
Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.
I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.
I speak in a loud, clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.
The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.
I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
The answer is simple; if you want something very badly, you can achieve it.
Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.
I don't read reviews. I find them very distracting, whether they're good or bad.
When I left Oxford, I knew I wanted to act, but I was unsure how to go about it.
I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.
That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.
I haven't done the milestoney things - getting married, buying a house, having children.
If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.
The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.
When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence.
But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.
The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes.
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture.
I suppose I had these concerns but I really felt that I had to keep my scope very, very concentrated.
West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.