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I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.

Orson Welles

See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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Appearance Believe Different Lie Myself Nation People Race Thinking True
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Absence Art Enemy Limitation
Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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Artist Himself Magic True
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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Art Best Interview Myself
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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Education Funny Teaching University Wasted Time Yourself
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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Army Artist Movie Need Pen Writing
A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
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Born Choice Death Himself Man Philosophy
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
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
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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Bad Expectation God Goodness Justice Kind People World
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
I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won’t contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That’s what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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Act Audience Meaning Myself Work
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
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Dependent Election Fame Politics Popular
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer

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