Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welleswas an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film. He is remembered for his innovative work in all three: in theatre, most notably Caesar, a Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; in radio, the 1938 broadcast "The War of the Worlds", one of the most famous in the history of radio; and in film, Citizen Kane, consistently ranked as one of the all-time greatest films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth6 May 1915
CityKenosha, WI
CountryUnited States of America
Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you?
Never 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.
I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other
You're beautful. Yes you are, you're very very beautiful. Extremely beautiful.
A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.
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.
A poet needs a pen, a painter a brush, and a director an army.
Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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.