Author: D. W. Griffith

Quotes

When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.

When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.

- D. W. Griffith

I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look the parts they have to fill.

I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look the parts they have to fill.

- D. W. Griffith

Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.

Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.

- D. W. Griffith

Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.

Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.

- D. W. Griffith

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