Douglas Sirk

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

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.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.