What we think about Paris is a part of how we feel about it. Our idea of Paris is our idea and we don't know that that's not necessarily the way it really is. It feels so real. Stanley Donen feelfeltidea Change image and share on social
It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was unique and surprising, to get it, to put it on film you have to make choices and reject a lot of things so you're always wondering: 'Am I doing it right?' Stanley Donen choicecitydifficult share on social
My childhood wasn't very happy. It's a long, grim story about being a Jew in a small southern town. Stanley Donen childhoodgrimhappy Change image and share on social
What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in my opinion, was making it look so genuine, so effortless. I equally have tried to remain unseen on the screen. Stanley Donen admireastairedifficult share on social
Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second. Stanley Donen cinemaframegodard Change image and share on social
I think of myself as a meat-and-potatoes kind of director. Stanley Donen directorkindmeat Change image and share on social
There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.' But I suspect that's apocryphal. My mother, Mrs. Donen, tended to exaggerate. Stanley Donen apocryphalcalldonen Change image and share on social