"I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot,..." - Quote by Clint Eastwood
I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing.
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“I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not.”
“If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the rest of your life and make a decent living, I think you still have a responsibility to stretch. Flexibility is what keeps you alive.”
“Some people feel that the world owes them a living.”
More on Directing
“Directing is more like you're being a psychologist and you're kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies.”
“Don Siegel last advice to me was 'Don't short yourself.' He said the tendency is when an actor's directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you're going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you're satisfied with it.”
“Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.”
More on Mentorship
“If you want to catch the right mental attitude, go where that attitude exists. Start by going to the people who have the right mental attitude. If the right people aren't always available, then go the right book, or to the right recording of a dynamic speaker.”
“The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.”
“I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know.”