I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Actors And Acting Quotes, Art Quotes, Hate Quotes

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...

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

I have an unfortunate personality. I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing...

I have an unfortunate personality. I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing...

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...

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.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

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

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

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

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

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury...

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury...

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...

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on...

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on...

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...

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking...

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking...