The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.

I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.

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?

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.