Orson Welles

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful. ↗

— Orson Welles

#best #commercially #large #most #successful

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid. ↗

— Orson Welles

#ecstasy #part #really #scene

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation. ↗

— Orson Welles

#does #even #experimentation #hollywood #industry

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

— Orson Welles

#careful #feel #i #i feel #lose

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. ↗

— Orson Welles

#artist #his #i #i think #out

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. ↗

— Orson Welles

#mediocre #movie #perfect #refuge

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest. ↗

— Orson Welles

#anything #big #modest #nobody #takes

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. ↗

— Orson Welles

#christmas #christmas tree #come #died #fall

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it. ↗

— Orson Welles

#excite #flying #hamlet #means #playing

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism. ↗

— Orson Welles

#exhibitionism #form #laws #stage