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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.

Orson Welles

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
I have an unfortunate personality.
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One Liner Personality Unfortunate
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don’t think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Money Myself Remember Thinking Work
A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
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Bad Darkness Day Encouragement Need Ourselves Word
The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
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Artist Director Discover Success Talent World
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
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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Fashion Funny Man Myself Right Worst
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
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Choice Greatness Hate Love Myself People Respect
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
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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Ourselves Silence Sing Song
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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Country Food Yourself
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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End Forever Human Nature Original
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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Actor Camera Decision Myself Performance Place Script World
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Alone Creation Friendship Illusion

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