Frank Capra

Quotes by Frank Capra

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Born American film director · American · 1897–1991

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

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“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”

“Automatic simply means that you can't repair it yourself.”

“Film is one if three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.”

“Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.”

“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.”

“Liberty is too precious to be buried in books. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say, 'I'm free'.”

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“Liberty is too precious to be buried in books. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say, 'I'm free'.”
— Sidney Buchman, Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.”
— Frank Capra
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“Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.”
— Frank Capra
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“Film is one if three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.”
— Frank Capra
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“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”
— Frank Capra
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“Automatic simply means that you can't repair it yourself.”
— Frank Capra
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“Shortly after the United States entered World War Two, Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall summoned Frank Capra, the Hollywood director, and asked him to prepare a series of orientation films fo...”
— Frank Capra

“The films subsequently produced for the Army by Capra and his team survive as classics of wartime cinematic propaganda- a remarkable accomplishment, in retrospect, since each script had to be appro...”
— Frank Capra

“To be inspired with the will to win, Capra told his associates as they embarked on this work, Americans needed to be shown that they were fighting for the existence of their country, and at the sam...”
— Frank Capra