I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
ORSON WELLESNever 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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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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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
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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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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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I dont believe in learning from other peoples pictures. I think you should learn from your own interior vision of things and discover, as I say, Innocently, as though there had never been anybody.
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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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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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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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