Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man's creativity, proof that man has not yet been destroyed by technology. But are we making things for the people of our epoch or repeating what has been done before? And finally, is the question itself important? We must ask ourselves that. The most important thing is always to doubt the importance of the question.
Orson WellesI discovered at the age of six that everything was a phony, worked with mirrors. Since then, I've always wanted to be a magician.
Orson WellesIf you've noticed that I don't use long takes, it's not because I don't like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It's more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio.
Orson WellesThere are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.
Orson Welles