Peter Biskind Quotes

• Every man who is any kind of artist has a great deal of female in him. I act and give of myself as a man, but I register and receive with the soul of a woman. The only really good artists are feminine. I can't admit the existence of an artist whose dominant personality is masculine.

  Peter Biskind

  Artist, Men, Giving

  Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.235, Macmillan

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• Warren Beatty once quipped that the best time for a wedding was noon, because if the marriage didn't work, you hadn't screwed up the entire day.

  Peter Biskind

  Marriage, Wedding, Noon

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• I've always felt there are three sexes: men, women, and actors. And actors combine the worst qualities of the other two.

  Peter Biskind

  Sex, Men, Two

  Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.199, Macmillan

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• It's absolutely impossible to have a serious critical discussion about enthusiasms for movie stars. Because a movie star is an animal separate from acting. Sometimes, he or she is a great actor. Sometimes a third-rate one. But the star is something that you fall in love with.

  Peter Biskind

  Falling In Love, Stars, Animal

  Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.193, Macmillan

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• I regard posterity as vulgar as success. I don't trust posterity. I don't think what's good is necessarily recognized in the long run. Too many good writers have disappeared.

  Peter Biskind

  Running, Thinking, Long

  Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.270, Macmillan

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• I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness. But it's lucky I never ran. In the years from [Joseph] McCarthy to now, I would have either been destroyed or reduced.

  Peter Biskind

  Years, Lucky, Politician

  Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.178, Macmillan

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• I cannot, in my old age, live off pieces of my youth.

  Peter Biskind

  Age, Pieces, Youth

  Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.211, Macmillan

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• 'Perfectionist' is the scariest word on a studio lot.

  Peter Biskind

  Perfectionist, Studios

  Peter Biskind (2010). “Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

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