Laszlo Kovacs was marvelous. He was very much in the same school as Bill Frake, who was, of course, a great cinematographer as well. They had a very similar style and similar sensibility.

Sondra Locke

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I am a romantic. I want to cry when I throw out my Christmas tree, and I have a lot of feelings about magic and fantasy.

i-am christmas tree romantic

The number one job of an actor is to be a character and never let the acting show.

never job acting character

I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened.

nothing i-believe news believe

I'm not going to deny that knowing someone in high places can sometimes get the job done. That's the name of the game. A son or daughter of someone famous will get a break. But once they're in there, they're on their own.

job game daughter son

My starring in films with Clint didn't make me toast of the town. I became his appendage. Everything I did was in his shadow.

make everything me shadow

Let my critics direct a movie if they think it's so easy!

think movie critics easy

'Ratboy' is an offbeat film with a lot of comments to make about human values. But, because it's offbeat, it doesn't have an obvious market.

comments human values film

From the start of our relationship Clint told me that he wanted us always to be together and that he would take care of me forever. Clint repeatedly assured me that, regardless of whether we were married, everything he had was ours together.

me care together relationship

People have this fantasy that it's all just an easy ride if you know someone important. Well, it's not. I've known lots of people in this business - and it hasn't really done anything for me.

ride me you business

Most movies are too brightly lit. I think that may come from a lot of directors having watched too much TV.

i-think movies think too-much

I never had an acting lesson.

lesson had never acting

From my earliest days as an actress, I had always been drawn to learning the director's job.

days job always learning

I think that most films have too much music in them; it overwhelms an audience.

think audience music too-much

I tend to be attracted to material that has a tough edge to it - darker material.

darker edge attracted tough

It was never my fame - it was his fame. I was Clint's girl. I only stood to lose professionally.

lose never girl fame

My biggest misfortune, my greatest regret, is that I wish I'd cut my time with Clint in half. I wouldn't say I wish I never had the relationship, but I wish I'd found a way - I'd understood who he was, where it would end - five or six years earlier so I could have gotten on with things.

regret time relationship way

I love comedy that seems kind of a little bit absurd.

little comedy kind love

I love fairy tales.

fairy-tales i-love fairy love

Believe me, I have met so many people who absolutely have no reason to feel important, and they do!

feel me believe people

I'm a great collaborator. I really am. I will steal anyone's idea if it is a good one.

steal will great good