Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.

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

It's always the story that interests me.

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

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man.