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 WELLESThere are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.
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Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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