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

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

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

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

I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They’re things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate.

It's always the story that interests me.