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.
ORSON WELLESOrson Welles Quotes
Full Name:George Orson Welles
Walk of life:American director
Born:6 May 1915, U.S
Died:10 October 1985, U.S
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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 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.
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Criminals 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.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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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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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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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Working is part of life, I don’t know how to distinguish between the two. Work is an expression of life.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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