I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.


Quoted in Citizen Welles (1989) by Frank Brady

Orson Welles Quotes

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a...

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a...

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a...

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a...