“One of my themes is that there is good and evil in everyone. I was not out to make these guys heroes. I really don't believe in heroes. The best of people have a dark side and it's a constant struggle for the better side to survive and to thrive.” PeopleBelieveGuyEvilSidesDarkStruggleHeroConstantDon't BelieveThemeGood And EvilThriveDark SideConstant Struggle Author:William Friedkin
“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.” BelieveEvilI BelieveStruggleAngelConstantGood And EvilConstant Struggle Author:William Friedkin
“With all of my films that are on DVD and Blu-ray, I have spent weeks with them in a color timing room. Just changing or enhancing them. I have been desaturating the color. Sometimes I will make a scene bluer or redder. I do use the new medium. I believe in it.” BelieveHas BeensSometimesUseFilmI BelieveRoomsWeekColorSceneI Believe InMediumsRaysTimingDvds Author:William Friedkin
“I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved by a scintilla in 3D. To me, it's just a gimmick.” BelieveHas BeensFilmDon't BelieveGimmicks Author:William Friedkin
“I don't believe that Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, or any damn picture that you can name, would be better off in 3D. I think it's a gimmick. I find 3D distracting.” ThinkingBelieveWould BeNamesGoneWindCitizensDon't BelieveDamnBetter OffGimmicksCitizen Kane Author:William Friedkin
“The thing that interests me is the good and evil in everybody. I don't have conventional heroes in the films that I directed, because I believe there's good and evil in everybody.” BelieveFilmEvilI BelieveInterestHeroGood And EvilConventional Author:William Friedkin
“If you call yourself a non-believer, you're referring to disbelief in something, and you're acknowledging that there is something to believe in or not.” IfsBelieveBelieverDisbeliefReferringNon Believer Author:William Friedkin
“I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle.” BelieveTodayFilmI BelieveShotsSquirrelsAnkles Author:William Friedkin
“We were just trying to make the films that we could get made, and to push the envelope. We didn't realize how far we had pushed the envelope. That all came later. That all came from books and articles about the golden age of the '70s. Believe me, to a lot of us, it was no golden age. The studio heads were very powerful then. They would fire guys right and left. They would look at your dailies and tell you what was wrong with them... a lot of stuff that doesn't go on today. Young filmmakers who are successful today, they don't often have that to put up with.” TryingBelieveBookAgeTodayFilmGuyRealizingPowerfulSuccessfulFilmmakerBelieve In MeVery Powerful Author:William Friedkin
“But the audience is right. They're always, always right. You hear directors complain that the advertising was lousy, the distribution is no good, the date was wrong to open the film. I don't believe that. The audience is never wrong. Never.” BelieveFilmAudienceDirectorsDon't BelieveComplainingAdvertisingDistribution Author:William Friedkin
