Welles, [George] Orson

US actor and director

founded Mercury Theatre 1937

led "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast 1938

wrote, directed, and starred in movie "Citizen Kane" 1941, directed and starred in movies "Macbeth" 1948 (as Macbeth), "Othello" 1952 (Palme d'Or 1952)

• "He is as unaffected as Albert Einstein."
• "Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions."
• "I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could."
• "Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations."
• "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch."