I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
ORSON WELLES
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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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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Race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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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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An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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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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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
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There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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