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" Fake is as old as the Eden tree. "
Orson Welles
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" Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them. "
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" The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism. "
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" I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.' "
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" The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention. "
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" Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me. "
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" My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful. "
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" The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow. "
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" Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers. "
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" When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends. "
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" I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford. "
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" 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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