The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
ORSON WELLESCriminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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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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At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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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.
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Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
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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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