History Quotes / OrsonWelles

-->--'''Orson Welles''' addressing on radio the racist cop who blinded [[OppressedMinorityVeteran Isaac Woodard]].

-> ''"Every artistic form--the blank-verse drama, the Greek plays, the novel--has only so many possibilities and only so long a life. And I have a feeling that in movies, until we break completely, we are only increasing the library of good works."''

-> ''"Every artistic form—the blank-verse drama, the Greek plays, the novel—has only so many possibilities and only so long a life. And I have a feeling that in movies, until we break completely, we are only increasing the library of good works."''
-->-- '''My Lunches With Orson'''

-->-- '''My Lunches With Orson'''

! By Orson

->"I have an early call tomorrow. For a commercial. Dog food, I think it is this time. No, I do not eat from the can on camera but I ''celebrate'' the contents."

->"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

->"I hate Creator/WoodyAllen physically, I dislike that kind of man. That particular combination of [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex arrogance and timidity]] sets my teeth on edge."

->"Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, DonaldDuck and Franchise/TheMuppets would take seats in senate."

->"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But [[BileFascination I can't stop eating peanuts]]."

->"I passionately hate the idea of being 'with it'. I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."

->"If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends."

! About Orson

->''To me, Orson is so much like a destitute king. A ‘destitute’ king, not because he was thrown away from the kingdom, but on this earth, the way the world is, there is no kingdom good enough for Orson Welles.''
-->-- '''Jeanne Moreau'''

->'"'What would Welles’s DonQuixote have been like if he had been able to finish it? But then it is pleasurable to imagine what he might have done with any theme because he was, literally, a magician, fascinated by legerdemain, tricks of eye, forgeries, labyrinths, mirrors reflecting mirrors. He was a master of finding new ways of seeing things that others saw not at all."''
-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal'''

->''"Before we invented Peter O' Toole or the concept of an [[Film/TheExpendables Expendable]], all that was left for creative types on the tail end of their careers to do was drink themselves into oblivion. Much has been said about Orson Welles' fall from grace. He went from creating the top movie of everything, ''Citizen Kane'', and scaring the piss out of people with a Martian warning to being unable to justify his participation in a commercial about burgers."''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}'''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-famous-actors-who-play-same-role-in-every-commercial_p2/#ixzz2dnmxXbvo 5 Famous Actors Who Play the Same Role in Every Commercial]]"

->''"Before we invented Peter O' Toole or the concept of an [[TheExpendables Expendable]], all that was left for creative types on the tail end of their careers to do was drink themselves into oblivion. Much has been said about Orson Welles' fall from grace. He went from creating the top movie of everything, ''Citizen Kane'', and scaring the piss out of people with a Martian warning to being unable to justify his participation in a commercial about burgers."''

->"Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, DonaldDuck and TheMuppets would take seats in senate."

->"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But [[FanHater I can't stop eating peanuts]]."

->- ''"In theatre, you know, the old star actors never liked to come on until the end of the first act. Mister Wu is a classic example--I've played it once myself. All the other actors boil around the stage for about an hour shrieking, 'What will happen when Mr. Wu arrives?,' 'What is he like, this Mr. Wu?,' and so on. Finally a great gong is beaten and slowly, over a Chinese bridge, comes Mr. Wu himself in full mandarin robes. Peach Blossom, or whatever her name is, falls on her face and a lot of coolies yell, 'Mister Wu!!!' The curtain comes down, the audience goes wild, and everybody says, 'Isn't that guy playing Mr. Wu a great actor!' That's a star part for you! What matters in that kind of role is not how many lines you have, but how few. What counts is how much the other characters talk about you. Such a star vehicle really is a vehicle. All you have to do is ride."''
-->-- '''Orson Welles''' discussing his appearance in ''Film/TheThirdMan'' and OneSceneWonder parts in general.

->''Before we invented Peter O' Toole or the concept of an [[TheExpendables Expendable]], all that was left for creative types on the tail end of their careers to do was drink themselves into oblivion. Much has been said about Orson Welles' fall from grace. He went from creating the top movie of everything, ''Citizen Kane'', and scaring the piss out of people with a Martian warning to being unable to justify his participation in a commercial about burgers.''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}'''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-famous-actors-who-play-same-role-in-every-commercial_p2/#ixzz2dnmxXbvo 5 Famous Actors Who Play the Same Role in Every Commercial]]"

->""I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But [[FanHater I can't stop eating peanuts]]."

->''What would Welles’s DonQuixote have been like if he had been able to finish it? But then it is pleasurable to imagine what he might have done with any theme because he was, literally, a magician, fascinated by legerdemain, tricks of eye, forgeries, labyrinths, mirrors reflecting mirrors. He was a master of finding new ways of seeing things that others saw not at all.''
-->-- '''GoreVidal'''

->"They wanted me to run for the Senate in my home state of Wisconsin, against Joe [=McCarthy=]. Then I let them—another ‘them’—convince me that I could never win because, I was an actor—hence, frivolous. And divorced—hence, immoral. And now [[RonaldReagan Ronnie Reagan]], who is both, is president."

-->-- '''Jeanne Moreau''''