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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  If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very s

• Orson Welles:

  One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heav