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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers. Orson Welles Read Quote
I’m a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work – which doesn’t take up that much time. Orson Welles Read Quote
I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible. Orson Welles Read Quote
I’m never certain of a performance – my own or the other actors’ – or the script or anything… But to me it seems there’s only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately. Orson Welles Read Quote
The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don’t mean a conceit of the producer. Orson Welles Read Quote
When television came along, I’d already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring – and it didn’t. Orson Welles Read Quote