“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.”

“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.”

“Her first really great role, the one that cemented the “Jean Arthur character,” was as the wisecracking big-city reporter who eventually melts for country rube Gary Cooper in Frank Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). It was the first of three terrific films for Capra: Jean played the down-to-earth daughter of an annoyingly wacky family in Capra’s rendition of Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You (1938), and she was another hard-boiled city gal won over by a starry-eyed yokel in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). “Jean Arthur is my favorite actress,” said Capra, who had successfully worked with Stanwyck, Colbert and Hepburn. “. . . push that neurotic girl . . . in front of the camera . . . and that whining mop would magically blossom into a warm, lovely, poised and confident actress.” Capra obviously recognized that Jean was often frustrated in her career choice.”

“Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.”

“Automatic simply means that you can't repair it yourself.”

“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”

“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”

“Film is one if three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.”

“I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.”

“Frank Capra's grandson was a second Assistant Director on 'Christmas Vacation.'”

“Liberty is too precious to be buried in books. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say, 'I'm free'.”