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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.

Orson Welles

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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Camera Record World
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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Change Feeling Future Permanent Sick Time
Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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Artist Himself Magic True
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Alone Creation Friendship Illusion
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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Bad Exception Live Luxury Stand Yourself
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no right to be bitter — you’re the one who sat down, and joined the game.
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Bad Game Goodness Hollywood Right True Yourself
Working is part of life, I don’t know how to distinguish between the two. Work is an expression of life.
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Expression Life Myself Philosophy Work
My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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Director Kind Myself Writing
I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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Choice Myself People
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
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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Gardener Gold Hollywood Movie Myself Stardom
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Friendship Hard Time Talk Yourself
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time

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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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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