William Friedkin Quotes

• The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor’s work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

  William Friedkin

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Communication, Actors

• I don’t know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it’s the one thing, as I look into people’s eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody.

  William Friedkin

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Feel, Share, Think, Peoples

• I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that’s, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

  William Friedkin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Attracted, Characters, Cope

• Style is something that’s extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

  William Friedkin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Style, Important

• Technique is of less interest than character and story.

  William Friedkin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Technique, Intresting

• Violence is not funny.

  William Friedkin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Violence

• I really think that s*x always looks kind of funny in a movie.

  William Friedkin

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Think

William Friedkin (7)

Birth:	29th August, 1935
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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