John Schlesinger ,quotes

There are certain actors who ...

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

I thought his performance was...

I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

Yes, but I think if you look ...

Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

I'll never forget the first s...

I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

Still, the film nearly didn't...

Still, the film nearly didn't happen a number of times. There were great arguments with United Artists about how to reduce the cost because they were nothing if not conscious of the price of the film.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

Oh, the relationship with act...

Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

I have a feeling he felt Jon ...

I have a feeling he felt Jon Voight had run away with the film, which he didn't, though he was brilliant in it, in a much less easy part. I just don't know what had got into him, but something had.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

We taped all this and then go...

We taped all this and then got it transcribed and picked the best lines or ideas or ways to take a scene. I've done that many times, and it can improve the script but also wreck a perfectly good scene.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

Symbolism perhaps is a bit in...

Symbolism perhaps is a bit in your face, and I've tried my best to control that as best I can as I've grown older and thought that one could approach something with a little more subtlety.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

I met a hustler at a dinner p...

I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the street scenes. So we put him on the film.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

No, United Artists was a very...

No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen.

John Schlesinger 10.08.2025 21:06:23 13 quotes

Yes, but I think if you look a...

Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay.

John Schlesinger 12.03.2018 14:45:32 13 quotes

Oh, the relationship with acto...

Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.

John Schlesinger 12.03.2018 14:45:32 13 quotes

That attitude toward women as ...

That attitude toward women as objects may have worked for the late Sixties, but it doesn't do so now.

John Schlesinger 12.03.2018 14:45:32 13 quotes

Making a film is like going do...

Making a film is like going down a mine-once you've started you bid a metaphoricalgoodbye to the daylight and the outside world for the duration.

John Schlesinger 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

We taped all this and then got...

John Schlesinger 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

Oh, the relationship with acto...

Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.

John Schlesinger 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

That attitude toward women as ...

That attitude toward women as objects may have worked for the late Sixties, but it doesn't do so now.

John Schlesinger 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

I'll never forget the first sc...

I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise.

John Schlesinger 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

There are certain actors who a...

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

John Schlesinger 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

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