Mark Rydell Quotes

"I consider his performance to be a miracle, ... I think he's one of the most talented people I've ever met. You know, he's 22 years old. ... He just transformed himself. At times it seemed eerie. It was like cloning or channeling James Dean. There were moments where I thought, 'My God, this is really bizarre.'"
-Mark Rydell

"I remember thinking at that moment that he was not long for this world. Anybody who could do that had such a reckless personality that sooner or later it was going to catch up with him."
-Mark Rydell

"So he was really a tortured fellow, ... He felt very lonely during that period. But he felt that it helped him. And it did."
-Mark Rydell

"For 30 years he was the conscience of Hollywood."
-Mark Rydell

"It's enough to say he was in the movie business for 16 months and here we are, talking about him 46 years later, ... That's a testimonial to the impact that he had, the power of his personality and his talent, which is indisputable."
-Mark Rydell

"The picture is not a documentary, ... It's a drama that has to be crafted. Reality is not art. You have to make choices when you're trying to make something work. And the choices we make I think are accurate. There aren't any lies in it. There are assumptions made that are critical and necessary."
-Mark Rydell