You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

Home and workplace
His new home originally a large country mansion once owned by a wealthy racehorse owner became a workplace for Kubrick and Christiane. " That view was shared by Herr: "Nobody who really thinks he's smarter than everyone else could ask as many questions as he always did. Strangelove Arthur C.

Kubrick was also noted for being a perfectionist using painstaking care with scene staging and working closely with his actors. His earliest films were made on a shoestring budget followed by one Hollywood blockbuster Spartacus after which he spent most of the rest of his career living and filming in the United Kingdom.