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Orson Welles Quotes

The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can Picture Quote #1

The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered Picture Quote #1

I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible Picture Quote #1

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant Picture Quote #1

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society Picture Quote #1

Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers Picture Quote #1

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If I don’t like somebody’s looks, I don’t like them Picture Quote #1

The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don’t mean a conceit of the producer Picture Quote #1

I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world Picture Quote #1

The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow Picture Quote #1

Everything about me is a contradiction, and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There’s a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don’t reconcile the poles. You just recognize them Picture Quote #1

Of a Hollywood movie studio: This is the biggest electric train set any boy ever had! Picture Quote #1

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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet Picture Quote #1

I spend... Twenty times more for you people than any other commercial I've ever made. You are such pests! Now what is it you want? In your... Depths of your ignorance, what is it you want? Whatever it is you want, I can't deliver, 'cause I just don't see it Picture Quote #1

I try to be a Christian... I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God Picture Quote #1

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts Picture Quote #1

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could Picture Quote #1

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn’t until middle age Picture Quote #1

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I’m extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels and adventure stories, should have had such an immediate and profound effect upon radio listeners Picture Quote #1

Why spend 18 hours watching someone else’s war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars Picture Quote #1

My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it Picture Quote #1

There’s no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present Picture Quote #1

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I was spoiled in a very strange way as a child, because everybody told me, from the moment I was able to hear, that I was absolutely marvelous, and I never heard a discouraging word for years, you see. I didn’t know what was ahead of me Picture Quote #1

Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited Picture Quote #1

I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were a year and a half and two years old. I’ve only one or two daguerreotypes that come to mind Picture Quote #1

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army Picture Quote #1

If you’ve noticed that I don’t use long takes, it’s not because I don’t like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It’s more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio Picture Quote #1

If I could steal someone’s dream myself, I’d have to go for one of Orson Welles Picture Quote #1

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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 (Orson Welles Quotes) The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered (Orson Welles Quotes) I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible (Orson Welles Quotes) Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant (Orson Welles Quotes) When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society (Orson Welles Quotes) Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers (Orson Welles Quotes) If I don’t like somebody’s looks, I don’t like them (Orson Welles Quotes) The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don’t mean a conceit of the producer (Orson Welles Quotes) I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world (Orson Welles Quotes) The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow (Orson Welles Quotes) Everything about me is a contradiction, and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There’s a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don’t reconcile the poles. You just recognize them (Orson Welles Quotes) Of a Hollywood movie studio: This is the biggest electric train set any boy ever had! (Orson Welles Quotes) A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet (Orson Welles Quotes) I spend... Twenty times more for you people than any other commercial I've ever made. You are such pests! Now what is it you want? In your... Depths of your ignorance, what is it you want? Whatever it is you want, I can't deliver, 'cause I just don't see it (Orson Welles Quotes) I try to be a Christian... I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God (Orson Welles Quotes) I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts (Orson Welles Quotes) I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could (Orson Welles Quotes) The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn’t until middle age (Orson Welles Quotes) I’m extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels and adventure stories, should have had such an immediate and profound effect upon radio listeners (Orson Welles Quotes) Why spend 18 hours watching someone else’s war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars (Orson Welles Quotes) My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful (Orson Welles Quotes) 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 (Orson Welles Quotes) I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it (Orson Welles Quotes) There’s no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present (Orson Welles Quotes) I was spoiled in a very strange way as a child, because everybody told me, from the moment I was able to hear, that I was absolutely marvelous, and I never heard a discouraging word for years, you see. I didn’t know what was ahead of me (Orson Welles Quotes) Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited (Orson Welles Quotes) I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were a year and a half and two years old. I’ve only one or two daguerreotypes that come to mind (Orson Welles Quotes) A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army (Orson Welles Quotes) If you’ve noticed that I don’t use long takes, it’s not because I don’t like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It’s more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio (Orson Welles Quotes) If I could steal someone’s dream myself, I’d have to go for one of Orson Welles (Orson Welles Quotes)

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