"The finished product is not finished when the actor is. The work is completed by a pair of shears."

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Source : Josef Von Sternberg (1988). “Fun in a Chinese Laundry”

Josef von Sternberg

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“I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do.”
“But the absence of him is everywhere I look. It's like a huge hole has been punched through my chest.”
“I made a lot of friends at school, and they were all Africans. I could have felt very different. I didn't feel different, I didn't notice the color of their skin, I didn't notice the color of my skin and I have remembered that all my life.”
“Be silent always when you doubt your sense.”
“It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.”
“I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.”
“Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues.”
“Everywhere I go, people love me, so I'm just blessed. Do you blame them?”

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