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.

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.

I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.

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.

Husbands should revolt from time to time. Even the best circus-number becomes boring if the beast is too tame.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

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?