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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Orson Welles

My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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Director Kind Myself Writing
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
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Care Confidence Equality Ignorance Professional Yourself
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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Doctor Food Funny Myself People Stop
I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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Happiness Joy Kind Myself Person
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
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
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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Actor Camera Decision Myself Performance Place Script World
I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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Choice Myself People
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
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Change Feeling Future Permanent Sick Time
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
ORSON WELLES

Big Modesty Tough
The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.
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Accident Movie Old Trouble
I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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Evidence Life Maturity Myself Responsibility

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

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