In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.
ORSON WELLESWhen you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Now I’m an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
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There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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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.
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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.
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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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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.
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