No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. Th…

- John Schlesinger

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

- John Schlesinger

Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.

- John Schlesinger

That attitude toward women as objects may have worked for the late Sixties, but it doesn't do so now.

- John Schlesinger

Symbolism perhaps is a bit in your face, and I've tried my best to control that as best I can as I've grown older and thought that one could approach…

- John Schlesinger

I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing.

- John Schlesinger

Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place.

- John Schlesinger

I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at e…

- John Schlesinger

We taped all this and then got it transcribed and picked the best lines or ideas or ways to take a scene. I've done that many times, and it can impro…

- John Schlesinger