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?

Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.

There were centuries when civilization had no theater.

If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.

I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

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

Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.