Quotes by John Frankenheimer

“I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.”

“I became kind of like the village blacksmith after the invention of the automobile, ... There just was nowhere to go. Obviously, the next thing for me was directing movies.”

“Its very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop material yourself or material is presented to you as an assignment to direct.”

“There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isnt enough money in the world.”

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.