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Fritz Quotes on Cinema and Creative Influence

Berlin, film and creative legacy

Most of these quotes center on director Fritz Lang, whose work shaped the creative foundation of Berlin's film scene in the 1920s.

Tim and Fritz Lang I loved working with. Not Hitchcock so much. There was no communication.

Quotes by Sylvia Sidney

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.

Quotes by Ralph Bakshi

The Berlin of the '20s formed the foundation of my future education... the Berlin of the UFA studios, of Fritz Lang, Lubitsch and Erich Pommer. The Berlin of the architects Gropius, Mendelsohn and Mies van der Rohe. The Berlin of...

Quotes by Ken Adam

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Lang's feeble imagination.

Quotes by Henry Miller

Age Quotes

I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up in New York to write comics back in the late 1970s, I came with a...

Quotes by Frank Miller

I watched the German version of 'Baron Munchasen' and Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' at a young age. 'Star Wars' was also a huge thing when I was a kid.

Quotes by Duncan Jones

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is 'Fritz' in most of these quotes?
Primarily director Fritz Lang, credited by multiple speakers as a foundational influence on 1920s Berlin cinema alongside contemporaries like Lubitsch and architects such as Gropius and Mendelsohn.
Did everyone enjoy working with Fritz Lang, according to these quotes?
Not universally — one speaker specifically contrasts a positive experience working with Fritz Lang against a much less communicative experience working with Hitchcock, suggesting collaboration styles varied a lot among that era's directors.
What is 'Fritz the Cat' and why does it come up here?
It's an adult animated film that earned an X rating, referenced by one speaker comparing its once-shocking content to material now considered ordinary on shows like The Simpsons — a comment on how standards for what's considered Bad or shocking shift over time.
How is Los Angeles connected to Fritz Lang in these quotes?
One quote describes Los Angeles as evoking a strong, somewhat bleak sense of the future, comparing that feeling directly to the dystopian imagination found in Fritz Lang's films.
What broader creative movement do these Fritz quotes point to?
They point toward early 20th-century Berlin as a hub of interconnected film, architecture, and design talent, with Fritz Lang cited repeatedly as a central figure shaping that creative Age.

Others reference Fritz more playfully, including a nod to the animated film Fritz the Cat, which once carried an X rating decades before similar content became mainstream.