I was fascinated by all of it. The sounds of the theater and the audience, their rapture when a play took over and moved them and held them quietly… When the audience was truly moved, it was absolutely quiet. They were in a communion because they were learning the truth about themselves. George Stevens Read Quote
I had done some work when I was starting in with photography on westerns, and photographing them was the greatest pleasure I had. If I was ever qualified for anything, it would have had to do with making westerns. But as I started working on pictures with people like Katharine Hepburn, I got further away from the thing I really liked to do. George Stevens Read Quote
Nothing is more pleasant for me than to be on location in the country that I love, in any of our western landscapes, being out there with a camp outfit and a film company. George Stevens Read Quote
I was on a picture for four or five days, had an opportunity to be on a set, and the assistant cameraman kept showing me things. One day I climbed the fence, knowing they needed an assistant cameraman. A couple of days later, I was one. The first day or two, it was pretty disastrous, but I knew something about photography, and I caught on quick. George Stevens Read Quote
Three takes. You’re either going to get it, or you’re not going to get it. There’s no use persisting; it just had to work that way. George Stevens Read Quote
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. George Stevens Read Quote
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. George Stevens Read Quote
I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal. George Stevens Read Quote
I’m interested in all the new ideas, such as 3-D and widescreen, but I don’t believe the technical method of presentation is the real important thing. George Stevens Read Quote
