“A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.”

— Orson Welles

Quoted by Peter Bogdanovich, from the DVD audio commentary on The Lady from Shanghai (1947).

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American actor, director, writer and producer 1915–1985

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