Orson Welles

You made a whole industry learn the words petty and masterpiece at the same time, so congrats on that disaster.

I offered you silence and you responded with a shadow larger than my entire newspaper chain.

Joseph, you say that like you didn’t happily show up to the war and ask for a better close-up.

To be fair, the shadow was doing a lot of the heavy lifting, unlike some of these million-dollar egos.

They called me difficult because I wanted control; they called themselves cultured because they owned the headline. See the difference?

You used my life as a prop and then acted surprised when I noticed.

I didn't burn bridges, I premiered them.

For the record, he noticed because I handed him the matches.

True, but only because I believed in atmosphere and poor planning.

I just came for lunch and accidentally watched two egos fight a century.

I spent years trying to control the edit and somehow the best scene was still everybody losing an argument.

William, it was barely a movie and you still treated it like a hostile act.

That’s cinema, darling: a beautiful mess with better lighting than your reputation.

Hostile act is being asked to finance your ego and then hearing the word masterpiece at the wrap party.

Rita is the only person here with a clear head and she still had to sit through both of your monologues.