Orson Welles cytaty

„We Włoszech przez trzydzieści lat rządów Borgiów mieli wojnę, terror, mord i rozlew krwi. Zrodzili Michała Anioła, Leonarda da Vinci i renesans. W Szwajcarii mieli braterską miłość, pięćset lat demokracji i pokoju i co zrodzili? Zegar z kukułką.“

—  Orson Welles

zaimprowizowany monolog Wellesa w filmie Trzeci człowiek (1949)

„Aktorzy to wielcy łgarze.“

—  Orson Welles

„Pieniądz jest szóstym zmysłem, który umożliwia uznanie dla pozostałych pięciu.“

—  Orson Welles

„Film nigdy nie jest naprawdę dobry, dopóki kamera nie jest okiem w głowie poety.“

—  Orson Welles

Źródło: Sławne cytaty z filmu, "Świat na dłoni Extra", nr 1/2016, s. 98.

„Wrogiem sztuki jest brak ograniczeń.“

—  Orson Welles

„We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.“

—  Orson Welles

„I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.“

—  Orson Welles

„There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women…“

—  Orson Welles

„In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.“

—  Orson Welles

„I don't regard my career as something so precious that it comes before my convictions.“

—  Orson Welles

in an interview with Bernie Braden in Paris (1960), viewable here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySBmuv_H_4s.

„Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.“

—  Orson Welles

„My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.“

—  Orson Welles

„I try to be a Christian…I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God.“

—  Orson Welles

Quoted in interview by Merv Griffin, from Frank Brady, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, NY (1989), page 576.

„The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.“

—  Orson Welles

„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.“

—  Orson Welles

„If you want a happy ending, it just depends on where you close the book!“

—  Orson Welles

From the published screenplay for "The Big Brass Ring" (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Santa Teresa Press, 1987)
Wariant: If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

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

—  Orson Welles

„I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.“

—  Orson Welles

„You're beautful. Yes you are, you're very very beautiful. Extremely beautiful.“

—  Orson Welles