I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look t…

- D. W. Griffith

The task I'm trying to achieve, above all, is to make you see.

- D. W. Griffith

I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must absolutely have young people to…

- D. W. Griffith

Everything went downhill after Lillian [Gish] left me.

- D. W. Griffith

It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten y…

- D. W. Griffith

Viewed as drama, World War I is somewhat disappointing.

- D. W. Griffith

Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.

- D. W. Griffith

Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would…

- D. W. Griffith

Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the thin…

- D. W. Griffith