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" I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows. "
Orson Welles
Laziness
American
Television
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" My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. "
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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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" Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch. "
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" I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations. "
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" I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world. "
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" One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable. "
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" Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. "
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" Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck. "
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" I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. "
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" If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking. "
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Will
Talking
" I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. "
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" People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas. "
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" I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford. "
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Ford
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" Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. "
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Always
Act
" Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature. "
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Human
Nature
" The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it. "
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Essential
Flying
" I would rather be on the set than doing anything. "
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Than
" I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. "
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Ought
Say
" Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid. "
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Part
Really
" If you've noticed that I don't use long takes, it's not because I don't like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It's more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio. "
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" I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. "
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Always
Time
" Gluttony is not a secret vice. "
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Gluttony
Secret
Vice
" I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it. "
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People
Face
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" They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies. "
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Today
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" Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him. "
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" I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible. "
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" I have an unfortunate personality. "
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" Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited. "
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" In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night. "
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Street
You