I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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Now I’m an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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Never expect justice in this world. That is not part of God’s plan. Everybody thinks that if they don’t get it, they’re some kind of odd man out. And it’s not true. Nobody gets justice – people just get good luck or bad luck.
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If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
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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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Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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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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