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The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.

Orson Welles

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
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
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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Bad Expectation God Goodness Justice Kind People World
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
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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Alive Alone Born Creation Death Friendship Illusion Live Love Moments
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
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
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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Army Artist Movie Need Pen Writing
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
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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Choice End Happiness Stop Story Yourself
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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Education Funny Teaching University Wasted Time Yourself
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

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