A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bastard director midwife
The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian. Billy Wilder austrianbeethovenbrilliant Change image and share on social
Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also. Billy Wilder audienceclevermake Change image and share on social
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. Billy Wilder funnykillpeople Change image and share on social
You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth. John Lennon bastardbeatlesbig Change image and share on social
If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director. Timothy Simons archetypeauditioncast Change image and share on social
My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of 'War and Peace' - and must be gently disabused. My editor is brilliant at taking me to the point where I do all the necessary cutting on my own. I like to say she's a midwife rather than a surgeon. Julia Glass bookbrilliantcut share on social