I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

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.