James Mason Quotes (page 3)
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[on Carol Reed] He was always a director who got as much out of actors as could possibly be gotten. And he could stage individual scenes as well as they could possibly be staged. If he had a weakness, which I admit he has, it was that he didn`t have a suf...
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[on Joseph L. Mankiewicz] "Letter to Three Wives" and "All About Eve" were marvelous films. I thought that the last good film he made was "Five Fingers," because personally I have not seen a Mankiewicz film that appeared to be well-directed since then. Fo...
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[on Max Ophuls] A shot that does not call for tracks is agony for dear old Max.
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I purposely would not go and see the old version of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." They told me my part was played by Claude Rains, for whom I have an infinite admiration, and I knew I would never be as good as him.
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I`m a character actor: the public never knows what it`s getting by way of a Mason performance from one film to the next. I therefore represent a thoroughly insecure investment.
