“Okay, well, here we go to Miss Arzner. And this particular film is Dance, Girl, Dance. And Miss Arzner was my directing teacher at UCLA. I learned so much from her, but one of the things that I repeated to my children, which is really important, she said that always sit in the same place next to the camera, usually it’s to the right of the camera, because you’re right there and you can not only see the cast very well but you can look up and you can see the camera operator, who has the full sensation since he’s looking through the movement. More important than anything, you sit there because the actors can see you. Basically, the actors are doing what they’re doing for you and they need you to judge what they’re doing. So Miss Arzner had that. One night I was there at UCLA very depressed, and I decided that, “Well, I’m going to just quit.” She looked at me and she said, “You know, I’ve been around and I know you’ll make it. I’ve been around and I know.” And she left. And I figured, “Gee, if Miss Arzner said that I’ll make it maybe I ought to stay.” And I did stay, and I guess I sort of made it. So. That’s my Miss Arzner story. She was a wonderful, wonderful lady that we all admired so much. And are lucky that we had that time with her.”
