Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
ORSON WELLESNow 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.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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The most personal thing I’ve put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It’s better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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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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When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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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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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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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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Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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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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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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Criminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
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A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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I have an unfortunate personality.
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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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