Quotes by Frank Capra

“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.”

“Compassion is a two way street.”

“Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint.”

“Scriptwriting [for film] is the toughest part of the whole racket . . . the least understood and the least noticed.”

“In our film profession you may have Gables looks, Tracys art, Marlenes legs or Lizs violet eyes, but they dont mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage”

“Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite”

“Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.”

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

Film is one if three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Automatic simply means that you cant repair it yourself.

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.