More of ‘Directors’ Cuts’
MORE OF – Highspeed continues the “Directors’ Cuts,” culled from Boze Hadleigh’s “Hollywood Babble On.”
“John Huston treats me like an idiot – “Honey, this” and “Honey, that.” – MARILYN MONROE
“On ‘Little Women,’ when director George Cukor was ready for us – Kate Hepburn, Jean Parker, Frances Dee, and myself – he’d always say, with great sense of humor, ‘Come on, you four little bitches, the set is ready!’” – JOAN BENNETT
“Michael Curtiz was a savage, a real beast. A Hungarian Otto Preminger. He was a tyrant, he was abusive, he was cruel. Oh, he was just a villain, but I guess he was pretty good. We didn’t believe it then…” – OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
“William Wyler would ruin a lot of takes on ‘Funny Girl.’ He’d smoke and cough. The smoke would get
in front of the lens…” – BARBRA STREISAND
“Roberto (Rossellini) was so domineering, very Italian. Actresses hated him, but I know he was brilliant…with time, I liked it less and less, and when he would bark an order at me, sometimes I would forget we were married, and shout back, ‘Who do you think you are, my husband?’ Naturally, in time, we had to cease both associations, the magic was gone.” – INGRID BERGMAN
“I thank God that neither I nor any member of my family will ever be so hard up that we have to work with Otto Preminger.” – LANA TURNER
“Steven Spielberg always wanted to be a little boy when he grew up.” – RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
“I like to think that every director I’ve work with has falllen a little in love with me. I know Dorothy Azner did.” – JOAN CRAWFORD
“I worked with Anne Bancroft in the only movie she
directed. It was called ‘Fatso,’ and I played the title role. You might say I grew into the role.” – DOM DELUISE
“Menahem Golan should stick to producing. Money, not art, is his favorite subject. Every time he directs, it’s the Golan Depths.” – ALDO RAY
“George Cukor and I are friends. We’ve never worked together.” – MAE WEST