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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.

Orson Welles

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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Doctor Food Funny Myself People Stop
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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Artist Director Discover Success Talent World
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
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
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
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
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
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
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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Ourselves Silence Sing Song
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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Camera Eyes Goodness Movie Poet
I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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Appearance Fashion Hate Kind Love Myself Relationship
The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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Boundary Dreams Movie Perspective
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 passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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Artist Hate Himself Ideas Myself Passion Thinking Time
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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Capacity Ideas Listening Lose People
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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Abuse Better Evil Freedom Hate Murder Personal Police Power See

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