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A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
Orson Welles
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Orson Welles
Age: 70 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 6
Died: 1985
Died: October 10
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I love moving around from town to town. I never got on a train in my life without my spirits rising.
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Working is part of life, I don't know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life.
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You could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin.
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I must be sincere towards what I am. ... Experimenting is the only thing that fills me with enthusiasm. ... It is the only sphere where I feel really honest and sincere.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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