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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 Welles

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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Expression Life Myself Philosophy Work
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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Ourselves Silence Sing Song
When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Friendship Hard Time Talk Yourself
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don’t think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Money Myself Remember Thinking Work
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
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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Actor Camera Decision Myself Performance Place Script World
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
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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Food Myself Restaurant Talk Wait
Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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Bad Exception Live Luxury Stand Yourself
I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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Evidence Life Maturity Myself Responsibility
I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Myself Start Way Work
The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
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Camera Record World
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series
The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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Boundary Dreams Movie Perspective
If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
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Civilization Eat Impression Ourselves Relationship Woman

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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