Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.

In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

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?

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.

The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.