David Lean Quotes


"I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles."
- David Lean
"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."
- David Lean
(Related: Film, Job, Reality)

"I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist."
- David Lean
(Related: Artist)

"Don't make jokes about food."
- David Lean
(Related: Food, Jokes)

"I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters."
- David Lean
(Related: First)