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All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow up. — William Friedkin

The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy. — William Friedkin

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest — William Friedkin

I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it. — William Friedkin

Ive never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK.It will scare the hell out of you as it did me. — William Friedkin

I can't sit through the superhero films. But I watched Draft Day, and it was kind of sweet in an old-fashioned way. — William Friedkin

I don't go to the movies much anymore. There's very little that draws me. I watch mostly the older stuff, and I often don't sit through the new films. — William Friedkin

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie. — William Friedkin

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail. — William Friedkin

I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it. — William Friedkin

Star Wars is one of a handful of films that changed the zeitgeist forever. — William Friedkin

And it was only a week later that I realized a close up of Steve McQueen was worth the greatest landscape you could find. — William Friedkin

Violence is not funny. — William Friedkin

You are always cheating for the audience. — William Friedkin

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business. — William Friedkin

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth. — William Friedkin

I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle. — William Friedkin

The art of movies is to allow the audience to suspend their disbelief. They need to use their imaginations. — William Friedkin

If Star Wars had failed, you wouldn't have 90 percent of what's out there today. — William Friedkin

I don't look back or analyze my films. I just make them. It's for someone else to look at. — William Friedkin

Technique is of less interest than character and story. — William Friedkin

I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist. — William Friedkin

Star Wars gave birth to all the computer-generated superhero films. — William Friedkin

God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority. — William Friedkin

If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good and chase girls and have a lot of laughs. — William Friedkin