All Orson Welles Quotes
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
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Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
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The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.
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Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.
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I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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