David Lean's Quotes

Don't make jokes about food.

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.