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Orson Welles Quotes

I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985

Topics

Care Worry Ordinary Middle-Class Lot

Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny thing - you take a look at the guy's blazer, what kind of shoes he's wearing, what kind of broad he's with. Is he trying to be a hero?

Funny Shoes Hero People Wine Look

When you are in a live-action movie, you have so many more options to express yourself. You can use your body and your gestures and facial expressions. When you are doing an animated movie, you really only have your voice.

Jesse Eisenberg

Yourself Voice Doing You Body More

Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.

Ideas Direction Party Bold New Know

I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up with only the odd line of dialogue.

Me Theatre Doing Go More Line

I come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood.

Family Blood Will Always Come

I wrote that song for my wife, and it's what some guy who's sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that's more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack.

Life Tree Wife Woman Singing Song

Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.

Today Style People Way Matter Fact

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

Work Place Failures Total

Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive.

John Mellencamp

People Thinking Feel Doing Long You

Once in a while, I bump into a knitter, and we have a lovely conversation. But if you figure out the number of people who know me and the people who don't, it's really a small number.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

People Me Small You Conversation

Power is the ability to get things done.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Power Done Ability Things Get

In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice.

Freedom Justice Commitment Democracy

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