The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
ORSON WELLESI hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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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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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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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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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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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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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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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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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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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Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s no way to live.
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