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Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by David Lean

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British director David Lean.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

David Lean

Sir David Lean was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most influential directors of all time, Lean directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984). He also directed two adaptations of Charles Dickens novels, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).

British - Director | March 25, 1908 - April 16, 1991

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Don't make jokes about food.

David Lean

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

David Lean

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures. — © David Lean

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

David Lean

David Lean

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

David Lean

David Lean

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

David Lean

David Lean

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

David Lean

David Lean

My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

David Lean

David Lean

Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.

David Lean

David Lean

When you're in the desert, you look into infinity.... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.

David Lean

David Lean

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