I, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
STANLEY KUBRICKI, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’ve never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.
STANLEY KUBRICKYou sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks.
STANLEY KUBRICKEverybody has their black moments.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
STANLEY KUBRICKAnybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.
STANLEY KUBRICKDon’t do anything. Just tolerate me and let me suffer, knowing how you feel.
STANLEY KUBRICKEverything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
STANLEY KUBRICKHow does anybody ever think of anything?
STANLEY KUBRICKIt’s crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.
STANLEY KUBRICKIt’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
STANLEY KUBRICKShooting a movie is the worst milieu for creative work ever devised by man.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe screen is a magic medium.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’m just an old man and I smell bad, remember?
STANLEY KUBRICK