D. W. Griffith Quotes

• The task I'm trying to achieve, above all, is to make you see.

  D. W. Griffith

  Trying, Tasks, Achieve

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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

  Determination, Hard Work, Long

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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

  Art, Years, Two

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• Everything went downhill after Lillian [Gish] left me.

  D. W. Griffith

  Left

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• Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.

  D. W. Griffith

  War, Drama, World

  c.1915 Comment on World War I. Quoted in Leslie Halliwell Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1984).

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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

  People, Boards, Looks

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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

  Supposing That, Giving, Acting

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• Viewed as drama, World War I is somewhat disappointing.

  D. W. Griffith

  Peace, War, Drama

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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

  Girl, Men, People

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