To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

- Ken Adam

A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can conjure u…

- Ken Adam

The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.

- Ken Adam

One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is th…

- Ken Adam

It takes courage to stay young, to make your enthusiasms work for you. Don't let anyone drag you down.

- Ken Adam

I'm an incurable romantic, and 'Casablanca''s one of the most romantic pictures I've ever seen - the combination of Bogart and Bergman is just magica…

- Ken Adam

My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.

- Ken Adam

I have never been sorry to see my sets being struck, provided they are well photographed. They're not works of art but part of making a film.

- Ken Adam

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

- Ken Adam