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4 Orson Welles Quotes on Filmmaking

Orson Welles quotes on filmmaking

  1. It's about two percent movie-making and ninety-eight percent hustling. It's no way to spend a life.

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  2. But you can't emphasize 'beef', that's like his wanting me to emphasize 'in' before 'July'! Come on, fellows, you're losing your heads! I wouldn't direct any living actor like this in Shakespeare! The way you do this, it's impossible!

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  3. Tell Turner to keep his goddamned Crayolas away from my film!

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  4. The Third Man (the Harry Lime section contains Welles's famous ad lib about war)

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