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
Criticism is the essence of creation.
If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.
Crooks aren't the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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.
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
I have wasted the greater part of my life looking for money and trying to get along, trying to make my work from this terribly expensive paintbox, which is a movie. And I've spent too much energy on things that have nothing to do with making a movie. It's about two percent moviemaking and ninety-eight percent hustling It's no way to spend a life.
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.
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.
Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women...