The Long, Long Trailer (1954) actually happened and the man wrote a book about it. Father of the Bride, same thing; a banker wrote that who had never written anything else.

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.