Quotes by D. W. Griffith - Page 1

There will never be talking pictures.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Pictures
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Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
War
Drama
World
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Everything went downhill after Lillian [Gish] left me.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Certainly
Worse
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Viewed as drama, World War I is somewhat disappointing.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Peace
War
Drama
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The task I'm trying to achieve, above all, is to make you see.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Achieve
Tasks
Trying
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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Movies
Forgotten
Sand
Today
Tomorrow
Applauded
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When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Ideas
My Own
Work Money I Am
Lose
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Moved
Remember
Life World Remember
All The World
Brought
Came
Small
Onto
Screen
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Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the thing is all long done.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Determination
Hard Work
Long
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I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look the parts they have to fill.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Boards
Looks
People
Teach
Time Me Look
Alter
Time Look Me
Fill
Less Time
Parts
Pick
Young People
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I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must absolutely have young people to fill them - that is generally acknowledged now.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Girl
Men
Folks
People
Acknowledged
Depicting
Fill
Fond
Generally
Parts
Young Men
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold ones audience.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Art
Two
Years
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Audience
Manage
Speak
Stage
Subtle
Ten
Voice
Correctly
Master
Hold
Properly
Ten Years
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Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements.
D. W. Griffith / Film Director
Acting
Giving
Matured
Requirements
Supposing
Supposing That
Young Woman
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