When I grew up, which was really in the 30s and the 40s, the movies were a moral guideline for me. Orson Bean Read Quote
Well, I haven’t done that many movies, but the best one was ‘Being John Malkovich.’ Orson Bean Read Quote
It’s never been written about, but before the blacklist of Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten, there was a de facto blacklist by Communists in the movie industry, and there were a lot of them. Orson Bean Read Quote
I never thought that I couldn’t do what I set out to do. It wasn’t from arrogance; it was from ignorance. Orson Bean Read Quote
I was blacklisted and overnight my TV appearances dried up. Ed Sullivan called to cancel my appearance and said he’d help me when he could, and a year later he did. Only a few wackos wanted the blacklist. It was a protection racket. Orson Bean Read Quote
I knew people who were real Communists but never made it onto the blacklist and kept on working. There were also people reputed to be Communists who weren’t. Orson Bean Read Quote
