Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If i had to pay money to do it, I would do itIt's problematical. It's disapointing often. It's very challenging. It's frustrating as hell. It's extremely demanding and totally satisfying work. And if I wasn't doing this, I would have to do legitimate work for a living. There are guys out there really working for a living, cleaning streets or coal mining, teaching. Directing is playing. Acting.
William FriedkinEven with some of the best action films like 'The Bourne Ultimatum,' which is a great action film with a great chase sequence, so much of it is computer-generated. But that doesn't bother me. I think it works. It's fantastic.
William FriedkinIf you call yourself a non-believer, you're referring to disbelief in something, and you're acknowledging that there is something to believe in or not.
William FriedkinEdgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest
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