Now I’m an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
ORSON WELLESI have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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I’ve never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies. Egotism and laziness. And they’re all lit like television shows.
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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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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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I seem to have no dress sense at all. I’m always being listed in New York among one of the ten worst dressed men of the year. Someone once described me as “looking like an unmade bed.” He was right!
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When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Criticism is the essence of creation.
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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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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
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Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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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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