When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
ORSON WELLESIf I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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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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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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A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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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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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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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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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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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 can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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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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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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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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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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