Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrickwas an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. Part of the New Hollywood film-making wave, Kubrick's films are considered by film historian Michel Ciment to be "among the most important contributions to world cinema in the twentieth century", and he is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. His films, which are typically adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth26 July 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Stanley Kubrick quotes about
I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists-neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
You either connect or you don't connect. It's not the end of the world. It's a movie.
The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.
Don't get obsessed with not liking a movie.
My period as a young teenager when you really listen to music so you can get understand a little bit more about what the music is was, say, 1965 to 1968. I was just lucky to be in those times.
It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.
What do you take me for? A fourteen karat sucker?
Suppose by chance you do get picked up. What have you done? You shot a horse; that isn't first degree murder; in fact, it isn't even murder; in fact, I don't know what it is.
My reputation has grown slowly.
The most terrifying fact about the universe not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent
Have you ever had a single moment's thought about my responsibilities?
Know what it is the emotional statement to convey, and use taste and judgement to help the actors give their best possible performance.
I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.