I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
ORSON WELLESI don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
ORSON WELLESA director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
ORSON WELLESParis 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 WELLESIn 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 WELLESCriticism is the essence of creation.
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.
ORSON WELLESI 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.
ORSON WELLESA man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
ORSON WELLESI have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
ORSON WELLESA writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
ORSON WELLESIf you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
ORSON WELLESCriminals 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 WELLESDon’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
ORSON WELLESA bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
ORSON WELLESI’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
ORSON WELLESThey teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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