The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts.

I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.

I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.

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.

The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.

I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.