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10 quotes by Otto Preminger

Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian American theatre and film director. After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945) while in the 1950s and '60s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these later films...
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What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.

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Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.

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When I was a young actor in Vienna, already my hair was falling out at a rapid rate. I went to a doctor, who said hair was like grass: if you mow it... →

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I stopped acting when I was 19. The only time I acted again was during the war, when there were no other Nazis available.

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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.

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I can't talk about every single film I made. It's not my way to go back into the past and to look at my old pictures and to discuss them.

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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.

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I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do... →

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When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of... →

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Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.

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