It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody; and I think it wiser to content a few, and let the multitude go whistle for what they get from me.
It's testimony to Welles's greatness that The Magnificent Ambersons is still ranked among the best movies of the era despite the meddling. After Brazil, everything fell apart for Welles. Hollywood never forgot him, but also never forgave him.
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Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.