Arthur Hiller Quotes

Canada, Film Director
November 22, 1923 – August, 17, 2016.

Arthur Hiller, OC (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars.

Also known as Television Director

We cut a few corners and brought the picture in under budget by $25,000, so Paramount let us go back to Boston with a small crew to shoot some additional footage.

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- Small
- Picture
Anyway, he and I worked on the script together, and I must say he was a joy to work with. Very enthusiastic.

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- Work
- Together
- Joy

Originally the film opened with Ryan in the doctor's office, being told his wife is dying. Then we see him walking the streets, and the story is told in flashback.

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- Wife
- Walking
- Dying
He originally wrote Love Story as a movie, but turned it into a novel which was published just before the film went into general release.

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- Movie
- Film
- Release
So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness.

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- Movie
I thought we were making a nice little movie. That's how it was regarded by everyone else, too.

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- Movie
- Nice
People were very fond of the project, but nobody could have - or would have - predicted how much of a phenomenon it would become.

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Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.

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- Remember
- Snow

It's so embarrassing to receive an award for doing what you should be doing.

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- Embarrassing
- Award
We'd be working in our motel room through the night, and I'd come up with an idea at two in the morning, and he'd start jumping up and down, pacing across the room, or whatever.

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- Up
- Night
- Morning
Howard Minsky had gotten the script to her agent prior to my involvement.

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