The Camera Is The Slave To The

The Camera Is The Slave To The Actor.

(acting) Is An Extension Of Life. How You're Capable Of Performing In Your Life, That's How You're Capable Of Performing On Screen.

To Me There Is A Name For Each Person. I Think It’s Marvelous To Have A Name. A Woman Is Not A Woman. It’s Either Gena Or My Mother Or Some Other Person.

I Won't Make Shorthand Films, Because I Don't Want To Manipulate Audiences Into Assuming Quick, Manufactured Truths.

I’m Very Worried About The Depiction Of Women On The Screen. It’s Gotten Worse Than Ever And It’s Related To Their Being Either High- Or Low-class Concubines, And The Only Question Is When Or Where They Will Go To Bed, With Whom, And How Many. There’s Nothing To Do With The Dreams Of Women, Or Of Woman As The Dream, Nothing To Do With The Quirky Part Of Her, The Wonder Of Her.