Orson Welles - Interview (July 27, 1970)

Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guest, actor-writer-director Orson Welles.
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[@omelmusic]

Interviews with Orson Welles are more engaging than 99% of movies made nowadays.

[@JeffRebornNow]

I just noticed the joke Cavett and his crew put in the credits at the end of the show: "Entire production conceived, produced, directed, written, staged, choreographed, built, designed, lit, managed, rehearsed, contracted for and criticized by Orson Welles." LOL that was awesome

[@BULL.173]

Orson Welles was just so...grand and majestic. I don't watch him so much as I regard him. There will never be another.

[@danielharpo263]

Just the way they speak...not to say everything was better in the old days, but the language and vocabulary were on such a different, higher level than nowadays. Class, elegance, grace - call it what you want, but the difference is blatantly noticeable compared to the pretentious, tasteless language and behavior of today, especially in today's talk shows.

[@pleasequietdown8946]

Entire production conceived, produced, directed, written, staged, choreographed, built, designed, lit, managed, rehearsed, contracted for and criticized by Orson Welles.

[@jcmilosmith4622]

What is intriguing about Cavett and Welles, is their insatiable curiosity about things. It's always thoughtful

[@victorkaps6617]

What a booming voice. Intelligent and confident - would love to have been able to have known him

[@garrettsmth]

“One’s privacy is invaded enough without doing it to oneself”

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Orson was a great raconteur and every story he would tell was a colorful, masterful performance in itself.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

He's the only filmmaker I know of who casts himself as the villain. Multiple times. He was also the first to produce a Shakespeare production with an all-black cast.

[@scottnapier943]

Mr Welles looks like a Mafia boss here, he once said in an interview he would have loved to have played Don Corleone in 'The Godfather'.

[@jamesdrynan]

An interesting aspect of Cavett's original shows was the number of actors and show biz folks who watched it religiously.

[@kitakitzFarm]

I hope there is an Afterlife. I am going to look for Orson Welles

[@jeremymullins1294]

Orson always manages to seem from the past the present and the future.

[@stewmott3763]

Any sensible dream dinner party would have Orson Welles at the table.

[@GA-1st]

Welles was a true Renaissance Man, the likes of which we'll probably never see again.

[@clifforddriver9434]

I can listen to Orson do interviews whenever they come up. I find him to be on of the most interesting people this planet has ever had.

[@acheesylasagna8636]

I wish people spoke like this today

[@mkrbrtsn1]

Love thes old Dick Cavett interviews. Just great conversation without needing to plug a book or film.

[@villll]

he has the makeup of something pretentious but he’s entirely humble, so good to listen to