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Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.

Orson Welles

Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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End Forever Human Nature Original
If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
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Food Myself Restaurant Talk Wait
See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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Appearance Believe Different Lie Myself Nation People Race Thinking True
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
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Artist Director Discover Success Talent World
Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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Artist Himself Magic True
Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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Creation Identity Style Unique Visual Yourself
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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Alive Alone Born Creation Death Friendship Illusion Live Love Moments
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don’t think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Money Myself Remember Thinking Work
The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Hollywood Invention
I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s no way to live.
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Life Live Money Myself Run Try
I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Audience Myself Thinking Understand World
Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.
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Actor Director Home Movie Play Respect World Worth
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God

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