I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Television Quotes

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

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

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

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most...

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...