A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but she'll appear in film and it won't work. What works is some fusion of physical beauty with some mental field or whatever you call it. I don't know.

Summary

This quote suggests that while physical beauty may be visually appealing in photography, it is not necessarily enough for success in films. The speaker mentions that there needs to be a fusion or combination of physical attractiveness and some intangible quality like a "mental field." This implies that an actress's ability to embody and project certain emotions or thoughts on screen is crucial for their performance to resonate with audiences. Merely having external beauty may not be enough for a film's success as it lacks the depth necessary for effective storytelling.

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