Quotes

[about his career] I made friends, like buddies, with my crew, with my cutters, with my actors and actresses. I didn't want to have any feeling that I was the big boss and they were nothing. I think that by doing that I was able to last as long as I did.

[about Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)] That was the worst of the whole bunch I made. I thought it was terrible, and I think the audience agreed with me.

[about C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)] I don't even want to talk about that. I tried to do a favor for somebody, and we made it so fast that I don't know what happened . . . They ran short of money to finish the picture. I never got paid a quarter for it.

[about The Command (1954)] That picture was made as a filler, and it grossed more money than any other picture that year at Warner Bros.