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Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.

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The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

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If you've noticed that I don't use long takes, it's not because I don't like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It's more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio.

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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.

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If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.

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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.

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In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.

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As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

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'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.

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I never said I was a genius.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: May 6th, 1915

Died: October 10th, 1985

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