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Orson Welles Quotes

American - Actor | May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.

Best Worst Successful Most Large

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Nature Hate Human Nature Race Human

There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.

Present Interesting Biography Which

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

Accomplishment More Always Experiment

I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

Driving Go More Miles Get Faster

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

Friends You Down Always Out Up

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

Fight You Go Say Sitting Actor

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.

People Law Society Accept Normal

See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.

Lie People Believe Think Short True

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.

Myself Me Control Treat Long You

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

I Am Me Genius Nobody Everybody Am

On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'

Love Boat Want Never Tombstone He

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