The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.

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

Paris is the playwright's delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor's city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

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 director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you?

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

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.