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.
ORSON WELLESThe enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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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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Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.
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Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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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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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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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.
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When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
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I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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