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

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can't reach, or touch, the real. You just see reflections

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.

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

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

If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.