John Huston

thumb| John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. In a career spanning more than five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. Attributed Talk to them about things they don't know. Try to give them an inferiority complex. If the actress is beautiful, screw her. If she isn't, present her with a valuable painting she will not understand. If they insist on being boring, kick their asses or twist their noses. And that's about all there is to it. Advising a young stage director on how he should handle his actors (c. 1949), reported in Lawrence Grobel, The Hustons (New York: Scribner's Sons, 1989), p. 325 External links Category:1906 births Category:1987 deaths Category:Film directors from the United States Category:Screenwriters from the United States Category:Actors from the United States