Orson Welles/europe 1948-1956

Famous quotes containing the words orson welles, welles and/or europe:

    Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don’t have to be anything else.
    Orson Welles (1915–1985)

    The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents.
    —Orson Welles (1915–1984)

    Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.
    Paul West (b. 1930)