Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheimwas an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most notable as being a film star of the silent era, subsequently noted as an auteur for his directorial work...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth22 September 1885
CountryAustria
ashamed ask family pictures true
When you ask me why I do such pictures I am not ashamed to tell you the true reason: only because I do not want my family to starve.
begging brother four million next picture production shallow sister swing trash
The picture has made its million back in four months; I have been overwhelmed by letters, hundreds of them, literally, begging me in my next production not to swing over the shallow trash of mother love, father love, sister love, brother love.
call certain convinces exists might select sympathy vibration
Because I select my players from a feeling that comes to me when I am with them, a certain sympathy you might call it, or a vibration that exists between us that convinces me they are right.
For my Vienna is as different from what they call Vienna now as the quick is different from the dead.
past men vienna
If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead.
sex real heart
Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men.
self rumor sincerity
And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self.
girl baby years
I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.
girl found minutes
As soon as I had seen Fay Wray and spoken with her for a few minutes, I knew I had found the right girl.
stupid white wife
Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof.
hair individuality uniforms
Bobbed hair makes women look uniform. They lack individuality.
atmosphere attention deals
I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing.
hair long enough
I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair.
girl spiritual quality
I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality.