“I prefer theater, but I love to do films, and I prefer theater primarily because I've done more. I know less about movies. You can't lie in either medium. The wonderful thing is that the camera, just like an audience, is made out of skin - because celluloid is skin.” KnowsMadeDoneFilmLyingAudienceWonderfulSkinsTheaterCamerasMediumsWonderful ThingsCelluloid Author:Amanda Plummer
“Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.” MadeAnimalQualityGloryLaughterTeethMediumsMisfortunesSavagesMaliceHintsAncestryGleeMisfortunes Of OthersSchadenfreude Author:Eric Hoffer
“TV has made us get down to the nub and new films will begin to live up to what the medium can be.” MadeFilmTvsMediums Author:Elia Kazan
“Vaudeville could not vouch for the honesty, the integrity, or the mentality of the individuals who collectively made up the horde the medium embraced. All the human race demands of its members is that they be born. That is all vaudeville demanded. You just had to be born. You could be ignorant and be a star. You could be a moron and be wealthy. The elements that went to make up vaudeville were combed from the jungles, the four corners of the world, the intelligentsia and the subnormal.” WorldHumansMadeIndividualStarsBornRaceFourHonestyIntegrityDemandMembersElementsCornersIgnorantMediumsHuman RaceWealthyMentalityJungleMoronHordeCorners Of The WorldVaudeville Author:Fred Allen