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I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.

Orson Welles

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
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
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man 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
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
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
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
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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Bad Game Goodness Hollywood Right True Yourself
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
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series
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
What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
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History Philosophy Science Time
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
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

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