Robert Wise Quotes


Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script. - Robert Wise


My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker. - Robert Wise


My answer to that is that I've tried to approach each genre in a cinematic style that I think is right for that genre . . . that accounts for the mix of styles. - Robert Wise


Lugosi was not well. I had to coach him through some scenes, and I was very pleased when Karloff came on the scene and was very sensitive in coaching him through the sequences. Lugosi was one of the finest actors I ever worked with. - Robert Wise


I've often wondered if maybe I tried to tell too many stories in The Sand Pebbles. - Robert Wise


I've always been proud of being a Hoosier. When I talk to people, I tell them that. - Robert Wise


It was just a job to start with, you know. - Robert Wise


It blows my mind every time I think about the fact that he's out there with us. He's always telling us about how tough his practices were at Ohio State, and it kind of gives us something to live up to. There are no practices when we don't finish breathing hard. - Robert Wise


I'd rather do my own thing, which has been to choose projects that take me into all different kinds of genres. I don't have a favorite kind of film to make. I just look for the best material I can find. - Robert Wise


I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important. - Robert Wise


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