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 WELLESNobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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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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Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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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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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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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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The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
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A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.
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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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