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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.

~Orson Welles

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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.

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I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.

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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

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I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were a year and a half and two years old. I've only one or two daguerreotypes that come to mind.

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If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm.

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One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: May 6th, 1915

Died: October 10th, 1985

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