A woman is just a script, but a cigar is a motion picture. Samuel Fuller More Quotes by Samuel Fuller More Quotes From Samuel Fuller When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it Samuel Fuller nextfeetmoving A film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence, death—In one word, emotions. Samuel Fuller violencehateaction Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic. Samuel Fuller black-and-whitecolorlife-is If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage. Samuel Fuller garbagecouplegiving Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express. Samuel Fuller frustrationambitionmen Extending the language of film sometimes starts with just trying to show one true thing. Samuel Fuller languagetryingsometimes We'll build a democracy here, even if it's with Nazi bricks. Samuel Fuller nazibricksdemocracy Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death...In a word, emotion. Samuel Fuller violencehateaction We don't murder, we kill.... You don't murder animals, you kill them. Samuel Fuller murderanimal Surviving is the only glory in war. Samuel Fuller survivingglorywar We got a right to climb out of the sewer and live like other people. We could start from scratch. Make every minute count twice for the one we lost. Samuel Fuller scratchesdignitypeople I don't care if it's a mystery story, a Western, or the story of Julius Caesar. To me it's the emotion, the lies, the double-cross, whether it's Brutus doing it to Caesar or Bob Stack doing it to Robert Ryan that defines what kind of drama it is. Samuel Fuller deceitdramalying Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters. Samuel Fuller movieeyeinspiring You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point Samuel Fuller snipersguywest I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films. Samuel Fuller filmviolencehate Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity. Samuel Fuller pocketsevilmean When I was making these damned pictures, I never knew about film noir. If you had asked me about it then, I probably would have pointed to something like Bill Wellman's The Ox Bow Incident, the best Western I ever saw and very much in the style of film noir I don't care if it's a mystery story, a Western, or the story of Julius Caesar. To me it's the emotion, the lies, the double-cross that defines what kind of drama it is. Samuel Fuller styledramalying Film is a battleground. Samuel Fuller battlegroundfilmmakerfilm We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense Samuel Fuller pistolscommon-senseuse If your first scene doesn't give you a hard on, throw it out! Samuel Fuller scenegivingfirsts
