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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.

Orson Welles

A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series
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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Act Carry God Opinion Pray Sex
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
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
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Age Old Sick Yourself
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
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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Artist Hate Himself Ideas Myself Passion Thinking Time
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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Ourselves Silence Sing Song
When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Friendship Hard Time Talk Yourself
My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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Director Kind Myself Writing
The most personal thing I’ve put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It’s better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
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Abuse Better Evil Freedom Hate Murder Personal Police Power See
What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
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History Philosophy Science Time
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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Army Artist Movie Need Pen Writing
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
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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Hate Learning Myself Woman
Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
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Inspirational Motivational Possible Thinking

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