Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

Quote by Orson Welles

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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...

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me

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...

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

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

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

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...

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

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

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

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

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

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....

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...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Stop worrying. Hollywood wont turn your daughter into a nymphomaniac or get her hooked on...

Stop worrying. Hollywood wont turn your daughter into a nymphomaniac or get her hooked on...