Stanley Kubrick Quotes
Top 68 wise famous quotes and sayings by Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Stanley Kubrick on Wise Famous Quotes.
Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it's our job to do it one better.
I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.
You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it.
Regret isn't going to get me anywhere. It's like being obsessed with something. It doesn't bring you anywhere.
I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly.
The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.
I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
[Making movies] you're not trying to capture reality, you're trying to capture a photograph of reality.
I've never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.
Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.
It's impossible to tell you what I'm going to do except to say that I expect to make the best movie ever made.
Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.
If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.
Know what it is the emotional statement to convey, and use taste and judgement to help the actors give their best possible performance.
I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks.