King Vidor Professions : Film directorBorn : February 8, 1894Died : November 1, 1982 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by King Vidor The quickest way to correct the other fellow's attitude is to correct your own. King Vidor fellowsattitudeway The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen. King Vidor motion-picturesscreensdirectors Take it from me, marriage isn't a word - it's a sentence. King Vidor sentencesmarriage Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence. King Vidor sentences In Hollywood, the cameraman lights the star. In Europe, he lights the set. King Vidor starlightshollywoodeurope The Screen Directors Guild was organized solely by and for the motion picture director... We are not anti-anything: The Guild being formed for the purpose of assisting and improving the director's work in the form of a collective body, rather than as an individual, as was necessary in the past. King Vidor picturebodyworkpast There is the story in every man's heart of human progress. I believe every one of us knows that his major job on Earth is to make some contributions, no matter how small, to this inexorable movement of human progress. King Vidor manprogressheartbelieve A simple story filmed with limited sets can often be more effective than a costly extravaganza. provided it had depth and allows the audience to identify with the character. King Vidor morestorysimplecharacter In my opinion, the motion picture is the greatest medium of expression ever invented. It embraces all the other arts. The films that have the greatest unity, the greatest overall strength, and give the most satisfaction to the viewer, have been those in which a guiding hand was imposed in every section of the film's many divisions. King Vidor pictureunityopinionstrength Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-directorAll Authors
