Young actors ask me for advice. They say, 'Should I get an agent?' I tell them, 'Don't worry about that. Act, act, act. Get into that production of 'The Three Sisters' in a church basement. Consider every audition a chance… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into… — Orson Bean Copy Share
One night in a club in Boston, I tried the name Roger Duck. No laughs. The next night, I tried Orson Bean, putting together… — Orson Bean Copy Share
In the long period of time when I did talk shows and game shows, a whole new generation of people came along who thought… — Orson Bean Copy Share
I'm not a pessimist. I do believe that in some way we don't understand, God has a hand in things and it will all… — Orson Bean Copy Share
What I learned at home was despair and hopelessness. What I learned at the pictures was don't give up the ship, we have only… — Orson Bean Copy Share
My wife and I sold our house New York and moved to Australia for a year; then we came back and spent almost three… — Orson Bean Copy Share
Left-wingers and right-wingers come together when they become extreme enough. The Nazi Party was called National Socialism, very similar to Stalin's Communism, with the… — Orson Bean Copy Share
One of the things I'm proudest of, one year on my refrigerator, I taped a Christmas card from the Republican National Committee and season's… — Orson Bean Copy Share
You know when I was a kid, I hated every day I was in school, from the kindergarten right through to my last day… — Orson Bean Copy Share
