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Orson Welles Quotes

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror Picture Quote #1

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age Picture Quote #1

In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed - they produced Michelangelo, leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love and five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? the cuckoo clock! Picture Quote #1

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It's about two percent movie-making and ninety-eight percent hustling. It's no way to spend a life Picture Quote #1

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One should make movies innocently - the way Adam and Eve named the animals, their first day in the garden…Learn from your own interior vision of things, as if there had never been a D. W. Griffith, or a Eisenstein, or a Ford, or a Renoir, or anybody Picture Quote #1

Create your own visual style... Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others Picture Quote #1

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment Picture Quote #1

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason Picture Quote #1

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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it Picture Quote #1

[Response when asked which film directors he most admired:] I like the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford Picture Quote #1

The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents Picture Quote #1

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic and essential human is the woman, and all that we're doing is trying to brighten up the place. That's why all the birds who belong to our sex have prettier feathers - because males have got to try and justify their existence Picture Quote #1

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The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate Picture Quote #1

What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other Picture Quote #1

In 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 Picture Quote #1

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck Picture Quote #1

The truth about any man can only be calculated by the sum of everything that has been said about him Picture Quote #1

Working is part of life, I don’t know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life Picture Quote #1

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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

I never said I was a genius 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

I would rather be on the set than doing anything Picture Quote #1

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 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

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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror (Orson Welles Quotes) The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age (Orson Welles Quotes) In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed - they produced Michelangelo, leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love and five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? the cuckoo clock! (Orson Welles Quotes) My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people (Orson Welles Quotes) 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 (Orson Welles Quotes) It's about two percent movie-making and ninety-eight percent hustling. It's no way to spend a life (Orson Welles Quotes) One should make movies innocently - the way Adam and Eve named the animals, their first day in the garden…Learn from your own interior vision of things, as if there had never been a D. W. Griffith, or a Eisenstein, or a Ford, or a Renoir, or anybody (Orson Welles Quotes) Create your own visual style... Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others (Orson Welles Quotes) Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else (Orson Welles Quotes) 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 Welles Quotes) I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment (Orson Welles Quotes) Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason (Orson Welles Quotes) I don't pray because I don't want to bore God (Orson Welles Quotes) 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 (Orson Welles Quotes) The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it (Orson Welles Quotes) [Response when asked which film directors he most admired:] I like the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford (Orson Welles Quotes) The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents (Orson Welles Quotes) I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic and essential human is the woman, and all that we're doing is trying to brighten up the place. That's why all the birds who belong to our sex have prettier feathers - because males have got to try and justify their existence (Orson Welles Quotes) The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate (Orson Welles Quotes) What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other (Orson Welles Quotes) In 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 Welles Quotes) Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck (Orson Welles Quotes) The truth about any man can only be calculated by the sum of everything that has been said about him (Orson Welles Quotes) Working is part of life, I don’t know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life (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) I never said I was a genius (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) I would rather be on the set than doing anything (Orson Welles Quotes) 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 (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)

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