Orson Welles

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"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people."

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"I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."

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"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."

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"Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except you never know when luxury is going to stand up."

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"I started at the top and worked down."

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"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

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"I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act."

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[On Citizen Kane (1941) being colorized] "Keep Ted Turner and his goddamned Crayolas away from my movie."