It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors rule… — Mark Rydell

It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses.

Mark RydellDirector · American · b. 1934

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The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one. — William Shakespeare
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. — Thomas Carlyle
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I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition. — Mark Rydell