The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four. - Ernst Lubitsch

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Recently I have done some circles that are almost that large and I've come all the way around after walking for an hour and I have hit the other side exactly. I mean exactly the right spot which is very strange. Believe me it's very, very strange.

Ernst Lubitsch

The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four.

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Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture is good, it's mysterious, with things unsaid.

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It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that their personalities clearly and organically unfold before the eyes of the audience so that the latter feel that the actions of these people are contingent upon their characters, that there exists some kind of a logical fate, and that nothing is left to mere accident or coincidence.

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Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside.

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I've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount

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