For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start.
More Quotes from George Stevens:
To produce and direct a movie today, a man really ought to have two heads. It is like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to handle all the vast paraphernalia of movie-making. You need another, more sensitive head to get the delicate human emotional values you are trying to put on film.George Stevens
I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.
George Stevens
A motion picture should be respected as being more than a tool for selling soap, toothpaste, deodorant, used cars, beer and the whole gamut of products advertised on television.
George Stevens
I've always been of the opinion that a director should never touch a film without having a basic knowledge of its contents.
George Stevens
This is the kind of game we come to expect when we play Poland. Unfortunately for us we came out of the wrong end.
George Stevens
I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.
George Stevens
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