Maybe my films are not masterpieces, but they are documents of their time. That's enough for me. Masterpieces I can't do - even though I try.
也许我的作品算不上经典，但是它们都是时代的记录，这样对我来说足够了，我尝试过但确实拍不来创世经典
I think the more pessimistic I feel about life, the more optimistic the films should be.
我对生活越悲观，我的电影就越乐观（这个so true）
Hollywood has melted everyone's brains. In the old days you had one murder and that was enough for a story. Now you have to kill 300,000 people just to get the audience's attention.
好莱坞已经摧毁了每个人的智商，过去一场谋杀可以成就一部影片，现在你得杀死三十万人来引起观众的注意
I like dogs, mankind I don't care for too much. You're supposed to like mankind because you're part of it, but I prefer dogs. They are honest and they don't lie.
我喜欢狗，我并不太关心人类, 按理来说你应该喜欢同类因为你是其中一员，但是我更喜欢狗因为他们很诚实，从来不撒谎
When I write, I am sober. I can direct drunk. I can't edit or write drunk.
我写作时必须是清醒的，拍电影可以醉了拍，但是剪辑或写作时必须清醒
— Aki Kaurismäki
It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.
骗得过眼睛愚不了心
My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.
我的弱点...真希望我能给出答案，如果你问我的优点估计我也是这反应，也许两者皆同吧
I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.
我认为演员不该期冀得到角色，因为失望的打击太大.你得把一切都看成是机会，比如一次试镜就是你得到观众欣赏的好机会
I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
我是演员不是明星，明星们都住在好莱坞，有着心形的游泳池(噗)
— Al Pacino
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
故事片的上帝是导演，纪录片的导演是上帝
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
剧情片就是被删掉无聊部分的现实生活
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
电影的长度应该符合人体膀胱的承受时限
Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
金发美人是扮演受害者的最佳选择，她们就像现出血脚印的初雪一样
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
一部好电影在静音后观众仍能弄清它的情节进展
— Alfred Hitchcock
A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.
导演必须身兼数职：警察，接生婆，心理分析学家，马屁精和混蛋
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.
相信你的直觉，这样就算错了也是自己的，不能怨其他人
An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.
观众是不可能错的，也许会有一个白痴观众，但是一千个白痴坐在黑暗中看电影--他们就都是顶级影评家
You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
你必须有梦想，这样早晨起床才有动力
Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
快乐的定义就是与 Jack Lemmon一起工作
— Billy Wilder
The Best Actors Instinctively Feel out What the Other Actors Need, and They Just Accommodate It.
一流的演员可以本能地发现他人的需要并调整自己去适应他们
— Christopher Nolan
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.
电影是被戏剧化的现实，导演的工作是还原它的真实性...观众不应该注意到拍摄技术
也许我的作品算不上经典，但是它们都是时代的记录，这样对我来说足够了，我尝试过但确实拍不来创世经典
I think the more pessimistic I feel about life, the more optimistic the films should be.
我对生活越悲观，我的电影就越乐观（这个so true）
Hollywood has melted everyone's brains. In the old days you had one murder and that was enough for a story. Now you have to kill 300,000 people just to get the audience's attention.
好莱坞已经摧毁了每个人的智商，过去一场谋杀可以成就一部影片，现在你得杀死三十万人来引起观众的注意
I like dogs, mankind I don't care for too much. You're supposed to like mankind because you're part of it, but I prefer dogs. They are honest and they don't lie.
我喜欢狗，我并不太关心人类, 按理来说你应该喜欢同类因为你是其中一员，但是我更喜欢狗因为他们很诚实，从来不撒谎
When I write, I am sober. I can direct drunk. I can't edit or write drunk.
我写作时必须是清醒的，拍电影可以醉了拍，但是剪辑或写作时必须清醒
— Aki Kaurismäki
It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.
骗得过眼睛愚不了心
My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.
我的弱点...真希望我能给出答案，如果你问我的优点估计我也是这反应，也许两者皆同吧
I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.
我认为演员不该期冀得到角色，因为失望的打击太大.你得把一切都看成是机会，比如一次试镜就是你得到观众欣赏的好机会
I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
我是演员不是明星，明星们都住在好莱坞，有着心形的游泳池(噗)
— Al Pacino
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
故事片的上帝是导演，纪录片的导演是上帝
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
剧情片就是被删掉无聊部分的现实生活
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
电影的长度应该符合人体膀胱的承受时限
Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
金发美人是扮演受害者的最佳选择，她们就像现出血脚印的初雪一样
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
一部好电影在静音后观众仍能弄清它的情节进展
— Alfred Hitchcock
A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.
导演必须身兼数职：警察，接生婆，心理分析学家，马屁精和混蛋
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.
相信你的直觉，这样就算错了也是自己的，不能怨其他人
An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.
观众是不可能错的，也许会有一个白痴观众，但是一千个白痴坐在黑暗中看电影--他们就都是顶级影评家
You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
你必须有梦想，这样早晨起床才有动力
Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
快乐的定义就是与 Jack Lemmon一起工作
— Billy Wilder
The Best Actors Instinctively Feel out What the Other Actors Need, and They Just Accommodate It.
一流的演员可以本能地发现他人的需要并调整自己去适应他们
— Christopher Nolan
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.
电影是被戏剧化的现实，导演的工作是还原它的真实性...观众不应该注意到拍摄技术
