Frank Capra Quotes


"If you want to send a message, try Western Union."
- Frank Capra
(Related: Want)

"Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed."
- Frank Capra
"My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!"
- Frank Capra
(Related: Advice, Film)

"Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite."
- Frank Capra
(Related: Extreme)

"In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage."
- Frank Capra
(Related: Art, Courage, Eyes, Film, May, Profession)

"Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music."
- Frank Capra
(Related: Music, Film, Mathematics)

"Compassion is a two way street."
- Frank Capra
(Related: Compassion)

"Don't follow trends, start trends."
- Frank Capra
"I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries."
- Frank Capra
(Related: Thought, Actors, Drama, Mistakes)