black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.

Orson Welles

Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.
ORSON WELLES

Actor Director Home Movie Play Respect World Worth
I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
ORSON WELLES

Happiness Joy Kind Myself Person
See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
ORSON WELLES

Appearance Believe Different Lie Myself Nation People Race Thinking True
Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
ORSON WELLES

End Forever Human Nature Original
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
ORSON WELLES

Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
ORSON WELLES

Camera Eyes Goodness Movie Poet
The most personal thing I’ve put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It’s better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
ORSON WELLES

Abuse Better Evil Freedom Hate Murder Personal Police Power See
My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
ORSON WELLES

Director Kind Myself Writing
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
ORSON WELLES

Choice End Happiness Stop Story Yourself
The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
ORSON WELLES

Expression Ideal Perfection Reality
Working is part of life, I don’t know how to distinguish between the two. Work is an expression of life.
ORSON WELLES

Expression Life Myself Philosophy Work
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

Art Best Interview Myself
Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
ORSON WELLES

Inspirational Motivational Possible Thinking
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
ORSON WELLES

Ourselves Silence Sing Song
I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
ORSON WELLES

Artist Hate Himself Ideas Myself Passion Thinking Time
Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me.
ORSON WELLES

Fools Husband Myself Personal Relationship

There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Orson Welles Quotes