Frank Capra Quotes


One is never completely satisfied. But I can say that I'm not dissatisfied. I've been very fortunate. I've been given some gifts - to take advantage of the contemporary times when I made movies. Gifts to make audiences laugh.


Citations

Poague, Leland, editor. Frank Capra: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi, 2004.

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Frank Capra
Frank Capra
  • Born: May 18, 1897
  • Died: September 3, 1991
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Film Director, Producer, Writer

Frank Russell Capra was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American Dream personified."