Kershner Quotes

#1. The movie I've seen a million times - wait, that's not possible - my favorite movie of all times is 'The Empire Strikes Back,' directed by Irvin Kershner, executive-produced by the great George Lucas and stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones.

Donald Faison

#2. Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable.

Irvin Kershner

#3. After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old.

Irvin Kershner

#4. I rolled my eyes. "I'm sure I'll hold out until Halloween."
"That's already passed."
"Exactly," I muttered

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#5. Nobody can be happy. You could have moments of happiness, moments of joy. But life is very difficult. Unless you're a total idiot. Then you can be happy.

Irvin Kershner

#6. The world's as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful.

Frederick Locker-Lampson

#7. I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.

Irvin Kershner

#8. Creation and Free Will are constantly moving, hand in hand, like children traveling along a path full of impulses and inspirations.Through the use of the Dragonflame philosophy they become superior artistic beings able to enjoy and share the fruits of creative labor.

Lawren Leo

#9. Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smite thee.

William Kershner

#10. I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.

Irvin Kershner

#11. In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.

Irvin Kershner

#12. 4Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

Anonymous

#13. It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.

Irvin Kershner

#14. I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.

Irvin Kershner

#15. There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.

Irvin Kershner

#16. Kindness is invincible.

Marcus Aurelius

#17. I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

Irvin Kershner