When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
ORSON WELLESFuture shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
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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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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
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My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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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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I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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The most personal thing I’ve put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It’s better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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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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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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Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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