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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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

Orson Welles

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Orson Welles

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.

Orson Welles

On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'

Orson Welles

In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and w...

Orson Welles

I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'

Orson Welles

I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.

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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

Orson Welles

I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.

Orson Welles

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.

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When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring - and it didn't.

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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)