Welles Quotes
27 quotes by 26 authors
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Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.
— Mercedes McCambridge
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Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp. It's funny I've…
— Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all…
— Martin Scorsese
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Oh yes, I dated Orson Welles. We had many encounters on both coasts. I remember the first time he saw me in a boudoir, in…
— Maila Nurmi
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If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.
— Christopher Nolan
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Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man…
— Joseph Cotten
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I've always tried to learn from the greats: Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, Ghandi, Buddha, Jesus... it's just that there's this tremendous pressure to correct all…
— Zach Braff
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Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a…
— Vincente Minnelli
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I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that…
— Patrick Macnee
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I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up…
— Frank Miller
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Welles and I differed, however, in our interpretation of the results of the Munich Conference, he being optimistic, I skeptical. In a radio address on…
— H.G. Wells
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To suppose that the value of a common stock is determined purely by a corporation's earnings discounted by the relevant interest rates and adjusted for…
— James Grant
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Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The…
— Manny Farber
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I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on…
— Claire Danes
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I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.
— Harold Prince
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Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a…
— Orson Welles
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Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives: the time one climbed the Parthenon at sunrise, the summer night one met…
— Walker Percy
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I fell in love with Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone and Hitchcock and Orson Welles and John Huston.
— John Logan
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I was watching Orson Welles and Jean Vigo films at a ridiculously young age.
— Brady Corbet
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It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.
— Max von Sydow
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