In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.

You have to think with the heart.

At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films.

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands.