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Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.

Orson Welles

An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Experiment Myself
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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Actor Director Home Movie Play Respect World Worth
Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me.
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Fools Husband Myself Personal Relationship
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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Accident Movie Old Trouble
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
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
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
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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Act Carry God Opinion Pray Sex
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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Life Live Money Myself Run Try
Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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Artist Himself Magic True
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
Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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Creation Identity Style Unique Visual Yourself
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society

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