I started at the top and worked my way down.

Quote by Orson Welles

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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.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

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...

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...

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

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

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

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

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 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...

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 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....

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

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....

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...

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come...

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come...

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 celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my...

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my...

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they...

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they...

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.