Famous quotes containing the words orson welles, welles, return and/or hollywood:
“A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1984)
“Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1985)
“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.”
—Eleonora Duse (1859–1924)
“In Hollywood now when people die they don’t say, “Did he leave a will?” but “Did he leave a diary?””
—Liza Minnelli (b. 1946)