Edward Dmytryk

I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust.

Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

Defending a free and open global Internet requires a broad-based global movement with the stamina to engage in endless - and often highly technical - national and international policy battles.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

I've never said I'm a communist.