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Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen
American Director
Born: Apr 13, 1924
Life Me People Think Way You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
I don't have too many friends. I have only a few people who I really love. Stanley Donen
Love People Few Too Only Friends Few People Really Who Many
What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something... that is not easy to do. Stanley Donen
Life Challenge Think Easy Something Like Making
You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began. Stanley Donen
Music You Picture Musicals Could Put New Know Fairly Because How Sound Still Came Began New Thing Happened Movies Reason Thing
I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.' Stanley Donen
Me Business Old Down Nine Astaire Dancing Saw Approximately Flying Rio Fred Fred Astaire More More Than Anything Years Than Influenced Anything Show Show Business Started
The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in my early formative years, I thought it was terrible. Now, I think it's wonderful. But then, I wanted to do anything but what Busby Berkeley did. Stanley Donen
Me Wonderful Thought Think Funniest Thing Negatively Positively Berkeley Had Terrible Years Did Influenced Wanted Anything Formative Then Aversion Who Now Thing Early Funniest
It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was unique and surprising, to get it, to put it on film you have to make choices and reject a lot of things so you're always wondering: 'Am I doing it right?' Stanley Donen
Funny You Face Glorious Difficult City Paris Put Make Because Always Making Am Making Movies Doing Surprising Lot Very Get Wondering Movie Movies Choices Hard Unique Film Right Things Reject
Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second. Stanley Donen
Truth Cinema Think Frames Lies Said Second
When Fred Astaire danced, everything in this world was perfect. Stanley Donen
World Astaire Danced Everything Fred Fred Astaire Perfect
You see, it took me so long, it was such a struggle, to move myself out of musicals - because I had had a success, nobody wanted to allow me to direct a non-musical picture. It was so hard. And the only way I could get it going was to become a producer myself. Stanley Donen
Success Myself Me You Struggle Long Picture Become Took Way Musicals Out See Direct Only Could Allow Had Nobody Because Get Going Move Wanted Producer Hard
There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.' But I suspect that's apocryphal. My mother, Mrs. Donen, tended to exaggerate. Stanley Donen
Life Me Words Mother My Life First Exaggerate Point Never Call Were Suspect Any
My childhood wasn't very happy. It's a long, grim story about being a Jew in a small southern town. Stanley Donen
Happy Long About Small Town Very Southern Childhood Being Story Grim Jew

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