Orson Welles Quotes
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believed in so much - I love dialect, so I dedicated five years of my life to making a film about it - yielded such rewards. It led to 'Man Up,' as well as 'No Escape,' which comes out later this year... two movies where I am the female lead.
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I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
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I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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A dream acting role would be Matt Damon in the Bourne series. I would love to do something like that!
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
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Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.
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I wouldn't want to be President now!
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A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.
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History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing parliaments and constitutions, distributing favours to their minions, and conflating their own desires with the interests of the community.
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I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.
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Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.
