Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

It's the story that counts.

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

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

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.