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

Quote by Orson Welles

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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.

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...

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...

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...

The basic and essential human is the woman

The basic and essential human is the woman

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

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...

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple....

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple....

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.

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

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.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

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

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

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

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

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.