Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.

Quote by Orson Welles

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Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

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

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

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if...

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if...

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

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

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

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose...

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose...

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.