The French Connection

“This is a great film. Jean Hackman is a great actor and Billy Friedkin was a great, great director. A director doesn't get a performance out of an actor — the actor does it — but the director's like a coach, just there to say something helpful.”

Director, Producer, Writer

“One of the things that I really like about Friedkin's technique in particular is his cinematic set pieces — you can get a sense of how to do a sequence like that yourself if you study his sequences. And I'm not just talking about the car chase in The French Connection, but also the foot chases.”

Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer