45 Quotes by Sidney Lumet

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.

It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.

There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself

Good style, to me, is unseen style.

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.

The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

Work is my norm. I have mad energy, insane energy, a kind of stamina in terms of work that's a little crazy.

Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).