I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s no way to live.

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

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

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?

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.