Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitschwas a German American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch"...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth28 January 1892
CountryGermany
way cameras thousand
There are a thousand ways to point a camera, but really only one.
good-movie secret directors
Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture is good, it's mysterious, with things unsaid.
jobs two four
The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four.
mediocrity sometimes said
I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard.
order smell hollywood
In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings.
audience german-director help
I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?
german-director
I've been to Paris France and I've been to Paris Paramount. Paris Paramount is better.