Nicholas Ray Quotes & Sayings

My affection for CinemaScope initially was my affection for the horizontal line as I learned it from having been apprenticed to an architect who was someone named Frank Lloyd Wright. — Nicholas Ray

If it were all in the script, why make the film? — Nicholas Ray

The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection. — Nicholas Ray

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I adore working with actors. — Nicholas Ray

Film recognizes neither time nor space, only the limits of man's imagination — Nicholas Ray

I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of the director is to guide him to that state, and then to implement it. — Nicholas Ray

As a human being, Joan Crawford is a great actress. — Nicholas Ray

In the theatre, words are eighty to eighty-five percent of the importance of what is happening to you for your comprehension. In film, words are about twenty percent. It's a different figure, but it's almost an opposite ratio. For the words are only a little bit of embroidery, a little bit of lacework. — Nicholas Ray