Top 23 Sidney Lumet Quotes
#1. All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.
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#2. The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .
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#3. There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at.
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#4. The basic 110-volt AC power line moves the electrons at 60 cycles. If a transformer is close to the power source (and all speakers have transformers), the 60 cycles produce an audible hum. Crackling, caused by dirt on the sound head, can also be heard.
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#5. For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
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#6. There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself
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#7. But he meant beauty in the sense of its organic connection to the material. And this is the connection that, for me, separates true stylists from decorators. The decorators are easy to recognize. That's why critics love them so.
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#8. There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.
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#9. Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is
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#10. It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.
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#12. Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good.
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#13. In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.
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#15. Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.
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#16. If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.
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#17. While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices flowing.
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#18. I only said 'Titanic' is unwatchable because one can not watch it.
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#19. Sometimes, on particularly good takes, I'm so moved that I stop "doing" the scene and just watch in awe at the miracle of good acting. As I said earlier, that's life up there. When it flows like that, that's when I say "Print.
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#20. Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).
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#21. The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.
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#22. There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.
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#23. Work is my norm. I have mad energy, insane energy, a kind of stamina in terms of work that's a little crazy.
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