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I direct as an actor. Many ti...

I direct as an actor. Many times, I will say, 'Let me try this.' And I'll walk the scene through and see what I can tell the actor about it. I don't know what to tell him until I've actually tried it and seen what the problem is.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

Drama is easy. Comedy's hard....

Drama is easy. Comedy's hard.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

The end of the studio system ...

The end of the studio system signalled the end of the great screen stars. They were the sort of actors who brought their own charismatic personas to each role they played. Audiences felt as if they knew them immediately every time they watched one of their movies.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

There's good directors and ba...

There's good directors and bad directors. Some of the critics are really conscientious and really try to do what they can popularize the work or to explain the work and so on. And then there's the critics who just wants to make a reputation by attacking. Those are the ones I'm not keen on.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

Tremendous beauty and tremend...

Tremendous beauty and tremendous ugliness puts you on the outside of things.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

Cher is one of the most talen...

Cher is one of the most talented women I've ever met. She's got depth and emotion that haven't even been touched.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

I think one of the reasons yo...

I think one of the reasons younger people don't like older films, films made say before the '60s, is that they've never seen them on a big screen, ever. If you don't see a film on a big screen, you haven't really seen it. You've seen a version of it, but you haven't seen it. That's my feeling, but I'm old-fashioned.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

If filmmakers are ignorant of...

If filmmakers are ignorant of the past, they laborto re-invent the wheel in every picture. You sit and think, 'Well,we're back to 1903 here.'

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

'Mask' wasn't the version tha...

'Mask' wasn't the version that I wanted when it was originally released. It made money, but it would have made a lot more money. My version was a lot less depressing - tragic, but a lot less depressing.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

Comedy is the hardest thing t...

Comedy is the hardest thing to get right. I remember a joke we did in 'What's Up, Doc?' that didn't get a single laugh. So we moved the shot a foot-and-a-half to one side, and all of a sudden, the laugh was there. It drives you crazy; the balance is so delicate.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

I don't know how you get to b...

I don't know how you get to be 40 without having a whole bunch of regrets.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

My father, who was a good dea...

My father, who was a good deal older than my mother, had basically grown up with silent films; sound didn't arrive until he was 30 years old. So he took me to see silent pictures at MoMA when I was 5 or 6 years old.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

I think 'Paper Moon' is a com...

I think 'Paper Moon' is a comedy-drama. 'What's Up, Doc?' was the most severe comedy, but my favorite film of my own is 'They All Laughed,' which is a kind of bittersweet comedy.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

One of the things that wrong ...

One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

I've stopped caring what peop...

I've stopped caring what people think.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

I started acting in 'The Sopr...

I started acting in 'The Sopranos' around 1999 and 2000. I did that for six years. That was quite a job, and I loved it.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

I prefer a monogamous relatio...

I prefer a monogamous relationship if I can find one.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

I certainly had an arrogant s...

I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

But at a certain point, and I...

But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

Marlon Brando changed everyth...

Marlon Brando changed everything for actors. After him, everyone wanted to be Marlon. No one wanted to be a type: they all wanted to display versatility in every role.

Peter Bogdanovich 15 quotes

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