I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.
Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.