Famous quotes containing the words orson welles, welles, return and/or hollywood:
“You should lay off those candy bars.... You’re a mess, honey.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1985)
“Thompson: Nothing particular the matter with him, they tell me, just ...
Bernstein: Just old age. It’s the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don’t look forward to being cured of.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1985)
“I hate that word. It’s return—a return to the millions of people who’ve never forgiven me for deserting the screen.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“That’s one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes to him in the form of a salary check. In Hollywood the average writer is not young, not honest, not brave, and a bit overdressed. But he is darn good company, which book writers as a rule are not. He is better than what he writes. Most book writers are not as good.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)