William Friedkin Quotes

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody.
William Friedkin

Life, Eyes, Everybody

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.
William Friedkin

Funny, Sex, Movie

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.
William Friedkin

Human, Against, Few

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.
William Friedkin

Important, Cannot, Grow

Technique is of less interest than character and story.
William Friedkin

Character, Story, Less

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.
William Friedkin

Work, Place, Direction

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.
William Friedkin

School, Idea, Film

Violence is not funny.
William Friedkin

Funny, Violence

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Nationality: American

Born: August 29, 1939

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