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Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.

Orson Welles

Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me.
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Fools Husband Myself Personal Relationship
Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.
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Gardener Gold Hollywood Movie Myself Stardom
Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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People Stupidity World Worst
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
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Alone Creation Friendship Illusion
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series
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
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
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
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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Capacity Ideas Listening Lose People
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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Camera Eyes Goodness Movie Poet
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
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
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
Working is part of life, I don’t know how to distinguish between the two. Work is an expression of life.
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Expression Life Myself Philosophy Work
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

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