Orson Welles

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Orson Welles

Born: May 6, 1915

Died: October 10, 1985

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor, screenwriter, playwright

Biography: George Orson Welles was an American actor, director, writer and producer who worked extensively in theater, radio and film.

Orson Welles

“I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.”

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“I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.”

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“I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.”

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“I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.”

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“I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.”

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“I have an unfortunate personality.”

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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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“I passionately hate the idea of being "with it"; I think an artist is always out of step with his time.”

- Orson Welles

Source/Notes: As quoted in: "The Victoria Advocate" (31 August 1966). Sometimes misquoted as: "... an artist has always to be out of step with his time."
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“I started at the top and worked my way down.”

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“I think an artist is always out of step with his time. He has to be.”

- Orson Welles

Source/Notes: As quoted in: "The Victoria Advocate" (31 August 1966)
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“I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.”

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“I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.”

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“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.”

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“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”

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