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

Quote by Orson Welles

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Hollywood died on me as soon as I got there.

Hollywood died on me as soon as I got there.

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...

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury...

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury...

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

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

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

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

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.

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...

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 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.

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....

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on...

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on...