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Quote by Robert Bresson
One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image,

One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life. – Robert Bresson

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Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing. – Robert Bresson

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Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass. – Jim Carrey

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