Orson Welles Quotes

Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American Actor
Born: May 6, 1915
Died: Oct 10, 1985
Always Anything Me People Think You
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Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. Orson Welles
Directing Perfect Refuge Movie Mediocre
I don't pray because I don't want to bore God. Orson Welles
God Bore Because Pray Want
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
Good Allocated Studio Studios Limited Screen Screens Create Product Each Fill Filling Amount Need
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
Myself Me You Editing Treat Try Long Control Later More Gives No-One Studio Takes Economical Like Make Because Them Then Means Noticed Use Image Necessary
I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.' Orson Welles
Love Saying Woman Mistake Regret Made Think Married Stayed Staying Like Because Did Essential Movies Her
I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go. Orson Welles
Faster Those More Driving Hour Fellows Go Frightened Get Miles
When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends. Orson Welles
You Down Out Something Always Up Friends Noses Turns Your
One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable. Orson Welles
Too Moral Uncomfortable Points Always Lecturer Author Get Social Ever Conscious Stressed
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
Me You Strange Word Everybody Way See Able Marvelous Absolutely Never Spoiled Know Because Discouraging Hear Years Heard Very Child Strange Way Moment
I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. Orson Welles
Time Hate Think Out Step Idea Always Passionately His Artist Being
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
Remember First Young Every Medium Has-Been Responsible Must About First Thing Cultivate Been Fallow Left Artist Essential The First Thing Ground Film Thing
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
Money Immediately Abandon Would Hack Had Make Am Commercial Person Essentially Hobby
Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation. Orson Welles
Only Purpose Taking Industry Does Soup Experimentation Which Hollywood Companies Even
The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism. Orson Welles
Stage Laws Both Form
I never said I was a genius. Orson Welles
Genius Never Said
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians. Orson Welles
Art Best Made Addiction Interview Despite Like French Art Form Form
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
People Better Remember Old Mind Half Year Recollection One Or Two Only Come Know Well Were Years Very Than Childhood Much Who Two
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them. Orson Welles
Myself Lose Pretty Feel Most Protect Against Them Things Careful
Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him. Orson Welles
Heart Every Everything Bad About Him Printed His Actor Believes
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. Orson Welles
Sit Recognize Shakespeare Through Order Quotations Now
Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant. Orson Welles
Arrogant Unbelievably Up Quietly Anybody Speaks Who Company
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
Will Own Restaurant Allow Never Like Particularly Talking Waiters Dishes Ask Ever
In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night. Orson Welles
Day You Down Thirties Days Hour Real Line Were Any Which Theater Stand Street Night
I don't like television when it gets near to photographed plays. Orson Welles
Television Photographed Like Gets Near Plays
The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate. Orson Welles
You Stage Pray Effectively Cannot Things Two
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