There Are No Rules In Filmmaking

There Are No Rules In Filmmaking. Only Sins. And The Cardinal Sin Is Dullness.

I Made Mistakes In Drama. I Thought Drama Was When Actors Cried. But Drama Is When The Audience Cries.

I Have A Sixth Sense For Casting. I Just Have To See And Talk To The Actors. I Never Make Tests. I Like To Work With Crowds. I Like To Get The Principals In A Crowd. When They Do, Something Else Comes Off, Something Special.

Any Kind Of Dictatorship, I'm Uneasy. I Just Don't Like Dictators. I Don't Like Crowds. I Don't Like Hordes, And I Don't Like Other People Telling Me What To Do. This Is Probably A Reaction Against People Telling Me What To Do When I Was A Kid. I Won't Join Any Group, Espouse A Cause Against Some Other People.

The Best Way To Make Friends With An Audience Is To Make Them Laugh. You Don't Get People To Laugh Unless They Surrender - Surrender Their Defenses, Their Hostilities. And Once You Make An Audience Laugh, They're With You. And They Listen To You If You've Got Something To Say. I Have A Theory That If You Can Make Them Laugh, They're Your Friends.