If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
ORSON WELLES
In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
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I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about them. They are inscrutable.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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I’ve never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies. Egotism and laziness. And they’re all lit like television shows.
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A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no right to be bitter — you’re the one who sat down, and joined the game.
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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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I’m never certain of a performance – my own or the other actors’ – or the script or anything. But to me it seems there’s only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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I have an unfortunate personality.
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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.
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We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.
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