Quotes by Orson Welles

About Orson Welles:

George Orson Welles is best remembered for his innovative work in all three: in theatre, most notably Caesar (1937), a Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; in radio, the 1938 broadcast "The War of the Worlds", one of the most famous in the history of radio; and in film, Citizen Kane (1941), consistently ranked as one of the all-time greatest films.
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A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

Orson Welles

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

Orson Welles

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Orson Welles

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

Orson Welles

What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other

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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.

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Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

Orson Welles

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

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The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.

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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes ...

Orson Welles

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.

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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

Orson Welles

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't ...

Orson Welles

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

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In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.

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'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.

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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

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Author Bio

  • NameOrson Welles
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, director, writer and producer
  • BornMay 6, 1915
  • DiedOctober 10, 1985
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Theatre Director; Film Director; Actor; Magician; Film Producer; Film Editor; Screenwriter; Writer; Librettist
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Writing (Original Screenplay)