Arthur Penn
Birthday:
27 September 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Arthur Penn was born on September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970) and The Miracle Worker (1962). He was married to Peggy Maurer. He died on September 28, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Lee Strasberg ruined an entire generation of actors with that sense memory crap.
Lee Strasberg ruined an entire generation of actors with that sense memory crap.
There hasn't been much of a market for what I can do. I'm not into outer space epics or youth pictures.
There hasn't been much of a market for what I can do. I'm not into outer space epics or youth pictures.
[on Hurd Hatfield] America's least known great actor.
[on Hurd Hatfield] America's least known great actor.
[1982 comment on Steven Spielberg] The movies have changed: there's now this wonderful storyteller Spielberg making benign movies that are e...Show more »
[1982 comment on Steven Spielberg] The movies have changed: there's now this wonderful storyteller Spielberg making benign movies that are enormously successful, while I'm known mainly for making movies about people shooting and cutting each other up. I love his work, but I could never make stuff like that. Show less «
[on acting] A look, a simple look, will do it.
[on acting] A look, a simple look, will do it.
[on Bonnie and Clyde (1967)] I thought that if were going to show this (violence), we should SHOW it. We should show what it looks like when...Show more »
[on Bonnie and Clyde (1967)] I thought that if were going to show this (violence), we should SHOW it. We should show what it looks like when somebody gets shot. TV coverage of Vietnam was every bit, perhaps even more, bloody than what we were showing on film. Show less «
A society would be wise to pay attention to the people who do not belong if it wants to find out ... where it's failing.
A society would be wise to pay attention to the people who do not belong if it wants to find out ... where it's failing.
[on Jean-Luc Godard, 1970] That kind of passion I can't deny, and, as I say, it is brilliantly and artfully done, but I want far more, someh...Show more »
[on Jean-Luc Godard, 1970] That kind of passion I can't deny, and, as I say, it is brilliantly and artfully done, but I want far more, somehow, in a film, although I can view a film like "Weekend" with awe at the skills, the downright boldness of the man, the outrageous boldness which is a quality I would give a good deal to have more of. But, oh, I do long for a moment when that man comes out from behind his dark glasses! Show less «
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