If we must have the Production Code, then I think the only way to use it effectively is to judge a film as a whole and determine whether its effect is good or bad. William Wyler Read Quote
I’m accused constantly of having ‘no signature.’ That’s the big artistic demerit. You can’t tell a Wyler film from another man’s film just by looking at it. William Wyler Read Quote
It looked like ‘The Sound of Music’ would even surpass ‘Ben Hur,’ and I thought it would be unfair for me to have done both. I thought I’d leave something for somebody else. That’s a quip. William Wyler Read Quote
I’m delighted that ‘The Sound of Music’ is doing so well. Of course, it’s an infallible piece of material. Even when second- and third-rate road companies were doing the play, they did enormous business. William Wyler Read Quote
Look at ‘Marienbad’ honestly. What is it? It is just another talking radio show with pictures. Nobody acts. People stand around while the author talks about the woodwork. William Wyler Read Quote
Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless. William Wyler Read Quote
The war was an escape to reality… The only thing that mattered were human relationships; not money, not position, not even family… Only relationships with people who might be dead tomorrow were important. It is a sort of wonderful state of mind. It’s too bad it takes a war to create such a condition among men. William Wyler Read Quote
The slightest thing can ruin a scene, but you must be willing to take chances. William Wyler Read Quote
A director must push his actors to the utmost limit to get everything possible out of each scene – without being corny or sentimental or going overboard. William Wyler Read Quote
