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.
ORSON WELLESOur songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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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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The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
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The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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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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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.
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Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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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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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
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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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