Macbeth:
I have liv'd long enough: my way of life is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
--Orson Welles (as Macbeth) in Macbeth
--Orson Welles (as Macbeth) in Macbeth
Macbeth:
I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet, and to be baited with the rabble's curse. Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane, and thou opposed, being of no woman born; yet I will try the last. Lay on Macduff, and damn'd be him that first cries, "Hold! Enough!"
--Orson Welles (as Macbeth) in Macbeth
--Orson Welles (as Macbeth) in Macbeth
Macbeth:
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day; to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
--Orson Welles (as Macbeth) in Macbeth
--Orson Welles (as Macbeth) in Macbeth
Max Buda:
[they are playing cards, watched by a reporter] Not that one. *That* one!
Gloria Gritti: How do you know what is in my hand?
Max Buda: Because I know what is in your head.
Gloria Gritti: So, I have nothing in my head.
Max Buda: [to the reporter] Don't quote that.
--Orson Welles (as Max Buda) in The V.I.P.s
Gloria Gritti: How do you know what is in my hand?
Max Buda: Because I know what is in your head.
Gloria Gritti: So, I have nothing in my head.
Max Buda: [to the reporter] Don't quote that.
--Orson Welles (as Max Buda) in The V.I.P.s
Michael O'Hara:
[First lines] When I start out to make a fool of myself, there's very little can stop me. If I'd known where it would end, I'd never let anything start... if I'd been in my right mind, that is. But once I'd seen her, I was not in my right mind for some time.
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
Michael O'Hara:
[to Grisby and the Bannisters] Is this what you folks do for amusement in the evening - sit around toasting marshmallows and call each other names? If you're so anxious for me to join the game, I'll be glad to. I have a few names I'd like to be calling you myself.
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
Michael O'Hara:
Do all rich women play games like this?
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
Michael O'Hara:
Everybody is somebody's fool.
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
Michael O'Hara:
I've always found it very... sanitary to be broke.
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
Michael O'Hara:
I've always found it's sanitary to be broke.
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
--Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai
