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On the RKO studio:

This is the biggest electric train set any boy ever had.

Orson Welles

A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.

Orson Welles

I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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Born: May 6, 1915

Died: October 10, 1985 (aged 70)

Bio: George Orson Welles was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film.

Known for:

Citizen Kane (1941)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Trial (1962)

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