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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

Orson Welles

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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Choice End Happiness Stop Story Yourself
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series
The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Hollywood Invention
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
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 have an unfortunate personality.
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One Liner Personality Unfortunate
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
The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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Expression Ideal Perfection Reality
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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Country Food Yourself
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
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
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
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
I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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Appearance Attitude Audacity Behavior
I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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Appearance Fashion Hate Kind Love Myself Relationship
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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Ourselves Silence Sing Song

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