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David Lean quotes: My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

David Lean quotes: I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

David Lean quotes: I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

David Lean quotes: I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

David Lean quotes: Don't make jokes about food.

Don't make jokes about food.

David Lean quotes: I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

David Lean quotes: Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.

Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.

David Lean quotes: When you're in the desert, you look into infinity ... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.

When you're in the desert, you look into infinity ... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.

David Lean quotes: Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real ... an audience should not be conscious of technique.

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real ... an audience should not be conscious of technique.