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The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

David Bailey

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
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Movie
Actors
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The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.
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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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