Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
ORSON WELLESNever expect justice in this world. That is not part of God’s plan. Everybody thinks that if they don’t get it, they’re some kind of odd man out. And it’s not true. Nobody gets justice – people just get good luck or bad luck.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
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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 a social act.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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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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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
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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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I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
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