Quotes by Richard Lester

“Nervousness was never something I would ever associate with the Beatles ever. A Hard Days Night was relatively unscathed by marijuana, but even then they were quite relaxed about it.”

“When I came to England at the very beginning of commercial television it was easy for me because I was only doing one or two shows a week at most. It was really a holiday.”

“At one point I was doing a live television Western five half hours a week with horses and stunt men and it was a nightmare. The reason that this is apposite is that it accustomed me a) to work quickly b) to work with many cameras and c) to be hysterical. And Ive carried that with me in my life and work.”

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”

“Hard Days Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before wed even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film.”

“Im not dogmatic; the claims may not ultimately be wrong. But on the time scale thats going to matter, its very difficult to come close to achieving the objectives that have been set.”

Film-making has become a kind of hysterical pregnancy.