Race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
ORSON WELLESThe 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.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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Criticism is the essence of creation.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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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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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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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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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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A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
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A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
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I’m one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour – and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
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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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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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