There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
ORSON WELLESCreate your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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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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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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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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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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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Race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
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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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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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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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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
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