Orson Welles Quotes on Filmmaking
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It's about two percent movie-making and ninety-eight percent hustling. It's no way to spend a life.
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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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Tell Turner to keep his goddamned Crayolas away from my film!
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The Third Man (the Harry Lime section contains Welles's famous ad lib about war)