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.
ORSON WELLESPersonally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
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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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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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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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Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no right to be bitter — you’re the one who sat down, and joined the game.
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Criticism is the essence of creation.
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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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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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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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Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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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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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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