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Rupert Hughes Quotes

1872–1956 United States

Rupert Raleigh Hughes (January 31, 1872 – September 9, 1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer.

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Woman's intuition is the result of millions of years of not thinking.

When an actor loses control of himself he loses control of his audience.

Horace said: "He who would make others weep, must first have wept himself." Every motion picture director should have that on his wall.

Dear little child, this little book
Is less a primer than a key
To sunder gates where wonder waits
Your "Open Sesame!"

We could make some very fine motion pictures if we didn't have to bother with cameras and lights.

You can't use imitation silk before the motion picture camera. The lens is even quicker to detect imitation emotion.

The censors are going to stop crime by censoring the films. Why don't they put an end to diseases by burning the medical books which describe them?

Ever since I was six years old people have been prophesying that I was going to kill myself with overwork. All the prophets are now dead.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rupert Hughes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.