I’m one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour – and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
ORSON WELLESI hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
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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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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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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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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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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Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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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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Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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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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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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