--- title: "11 Want Quotes By Orson Welles" description: "11 Want quotes by Orson Welles. Plus more from Orson Welles and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/orson-welles-1628_funny_i-don-t-pray-because-i-don-t-want-to-bor_3018302.jpg" --- > [I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-don-t-pray-because-i-don-t-want-to-bore-god/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/orson-welles-1628_funny_i-don-t-pray-because-i-don-t-want-to-bor_3018302.jpg) > [I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-don-t-pray-really-because-i-don-t-want-to-bore-god/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/orson-welles-1628_bores_i-don-t-pray-really-because-i-don-t-want_1005394.jpg) > [On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!''](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/on-my-tombstone-i-want-written-he-never-did-love-boat/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/orson-welles-1628_boat_on-my-tombstone-i-want-written-he-never_890657.jpg) > [Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/don-t-give-them-what-you-think-they-want-give-them-what-they-never/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/orson-welles-1628_giving_don-t-give-them-what-you-think-they-want_2012420.jpg) > [Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/only-very-intelligent-people-don-t-wish-they-were-in-politics-and-i-m/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/orson-welles-1628_dumb_only-very-intelligent-people-don-t-wish_874087.jpg) > [When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/when-television-came-along-i-d-already-done-more-than-10-years-of/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/orson-welles-1628_done_when-television-came-along-i-d-already-d_138188.jpg) > [I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-don-t-want-to-forgive-myself-that-s-why-i-hate-psychoanalysis-i/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/orson-welles-1628_face_i-don-t-want-to-forgive-myself-that-s-wh_879660.jpg) > [If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/if-i-want-to-pursue-the-art-of-painting-or-music-or-writing-or/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/orson-welles-1628_art_if-i-want-to-pursue-the-art-of-painting_1761763.jpg) > [I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-want-to-give-the-audience-a-hint-of-a-scene-no-more-than-that-give/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/orson-welles-1628_actor_i-want-to-give-the-audience-a-hint-of-a_726359.jpg) > [I don't want any description of me to be accurate; I want it to be flattering. I don't think people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-don-t-want-any-description-of-me-to-be-accurate-i-want-it-to-be/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/orson-welles-1628_accurate_i-don-t-want-any-description-of-me-to-be_1739257.jpg) > [ The people who've done well within the \[Hollywood\] system are the people whose instincts, whose desires \[are in natural alignement with those… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-people-who-ve-done-well-within-the-hollywood-system-are-the/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/orson-welles-1628_bad-time_the-people-who-ve-done-well-within-the-h_691566.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Orson Welles > [The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-two-things-you-cannot-do-effectively-on-stage-are-pray-and/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/there-are-a-thousand-ways-of-playing-a-good-classic-if-it-were/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-am-essentially-a-hack-a-commercial-person-if-i-had-a-hobby-i-would/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-essential-is-to-excite-the-spectators-if-that-means-playing/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/there-are-three-intolerable-things-in-life-cold-coffee-lukewarm/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I'm extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-m-extremely-surprised-to-learn-that-a-story-which-has-become/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-hate-women-hate-them-generally-not-in-particular-but-in-an-abstract/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/when-television-came-along-i-d-already-done-more-than-10-years-of/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/look-at-the-real-prodigies-and-i-look-like-nothing-compared-to-them/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-laws-and-the-stage-both-are-a-form-of-exhibitionism/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/in-the-theater-there-are-1-500-cameras-rolling-at-the-same-time-in/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/in-italy-for-30-years-under-the-borgias-they-had-warfare-terror/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I would rather be on the set than doing anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-would-rather-be-on-the-set-than-doing-anything/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-prefer-people-who-rock-the-boat-to-people-who-jump-out/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/if-i-don-t-like-somebody-s-looks-i-don-t-like-them/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": 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