I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
ORSON WELLESA film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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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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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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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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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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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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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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I have an unfortunate personality.
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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.
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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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