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William Friedkin quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.

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

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

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

William Friedkin quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

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

William Friedkin quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Star Wars is one of a handful of films that changed the zeitgeist forever.

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

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

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 quotes: Violence is not funny.

Violence is not funny.

William Friedkin quotes: You are always cheating for the audience.

You are always cheating for the audience.

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

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

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

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

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

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 quotes: The art of movies is to allow the audience to suspend their disbelief. They need to use their imaginations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technique is of less interest than character and story.

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

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 quotes: Star Wars gave birth to all the computer-generated superhero films.

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

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

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

William Friedkin quotes: 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

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.