Alan J. Pakula Quotes

Alan J. Pakula — American Director born on April 07, 1928, died on November 19, 1998

Alan Jay Pakula was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird , Best Director for All the President's Men and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice ... (wikipedia)

Most of us live in a safe world. We don't have to fight for our values, we don't have to fight for our freedom, we don't have a sense of injustice.

A man who is in control, and inside there is a frightened child - that interests me. Why? You can draw your own conclusions.

I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on many levels, because I think it is terribly important to give an audience a lot of things they might not get as well as those they will, so that finally the film does take on a texture and is not just simplistic communication.

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.