Quote

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.

Orson Welles

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Orson Welles
Age: 70 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 6
Died: 1985
Died: October 10
Actor
Character Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Librettist
Magician
Playwright
Radio Personality
Kenosha
Wisconsin
George Orson Welles
Going
Never
Life
Lap
Luxury
Except
Stand
Living

More quotes by Orson Welles

Image
The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
Orson Welles
Image
Fake is as old as the Eden tree.
Orson Welles
Image
I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out
Orson Welles
Image
It would be so much better if the critics would come, not on first nights, but on last nights, when they could exercise their undoubted flair for funeral orations.
Orson Welles
Image
Gluttony is not a secret vice.
Orson Welles
Image
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
Orson Welles
Image
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
Orson Welles
Image
I started at the top and worked my way down.
Orson Welles
Image
There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.
Orson Welles
Image
Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
Orson Welles
Image
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.
Orson Welles
Image
The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.
Orson Welles
Image
I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold his hands and look up in the spotlight, I'm lost. There's only one other thing in the movies I hate as much, and that's sex. You just can't get in bed or pray to God and convince me on the screen.
Orson Welles
Image
I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
Orson Welles
Image
Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.
Orson Welles
Image
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
Orson Welles
Image
I'd make my promises now if I wasn't so busy arranging to keep them.
Orson Welles
Image
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
Orson Welles
Image
The cinema has no boundary it is a ribbon of dream.
Orson Welles
Image
Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
Orson Welles