The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

- John Frankenheimer

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough mo…

- John Frankenheimer

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

- John Frankenheimer

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God,…

- John Frankenheimer

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

- John Frankenheimer

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job

- John Frankenheimer

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.

- John Frankenheimer

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

- John Frankenheimer

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

- John Frankenheimer