I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
ORSON WELLESIn 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.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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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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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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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.
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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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My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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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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The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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I’ve never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies. Egotism and laziness. And they’re all lit like television shows.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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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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