31 Quotes About German-director



  • Author Wolfgang Petersen
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    We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons.

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  • Author Douglas Sirk
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    And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world.

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  • Author Douglas Sirk
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    But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.

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  • Author Douglas Sirk
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    Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, Goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered.

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  • Author Douglas Sirk
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    When we first came to America, I bought a tiny piece of land far out in the country. But there was no place to live on it, only a shed.

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