Zitat des Tages von George Cukor:
It never occurred to me that I could live in California. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else.
Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever.
I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them.
From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.
I was a stage-struck kid.
You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.
I suppose they call me a woman's director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.
If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of the world and my ability to deal professionally with actors. As far as perception is concerned, I always try to imagine settings through the best possible eyes.
The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances.
If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends.
You can always land on your feet if you know where the ground is.
Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.
It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.
I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor with them. Then I keep my eyes open when they rehearse and perform, because you never know where the next stimulation comes from.
Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it.
So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.
As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their craft and their ideas.