304 Quotes by Orson Welles

Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

Only very intelligent people don’t wish they were in politics, and I’m dumb enough to want to be in there.

If I want to pursue the art of painting – or music or writing or sculpture – it requires only my time and a few dollars for materials. If, however, I want to produce a motion picture I have to go out and raise a million dollars!

I don’t take art as seriously as politics.

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.

Criminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

If I don’t like somebody’s looks, I don’t like them.

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'