David Lean Quotes

7 quotations by David Lean

My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.

Don't make jokes about food.