Orson Welles Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

16^th October 2015

Quote: "It was Orson Welles... I thought, 'I can't just be a dude; I can't just be good old stony Jack Black. I need to bring a little gravitas...' This is always what I do... I go, 'I'm not right for this role... you know who would be perfect - Orson Welles. And that's the voice I hear." Funnyman Jack Black on channelling movie icon Orson Welles for his character in new movie Goosebumps.

12^th October 2015

Fact: British actors James McAvoy and Hugh Laurie are set to perform in a radio play series on BBC Radio 4 called Unmade Movies, featuring recreations of movie scripts which never made it to screen. James will star in Orson Welles' Heart of Darkness, and the former House star performs in Alfred Hitchcock's abandoned project The Blind Man. The series begins on 17 October (15).

11^th March 2015

Fact: Orson Welles' iconic film CITIZEN KANE, which was inspired by American newspaper magnate WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, will have its first-ever screening at the Hearst Castle on 13 March (15). The showing, for just 50 fans, is part of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.

5^th September 2009

Quote: "Claire and I were trapped on an island together with nowhere to go for four weeks, like a reality show. My character was supposed to fall in love, but she was also supposed to be out of his league. After meeting Claire, that was definitely the way it was supposed to be." Teen pin-up Zac Efron on shooting Me & Orson Welles on the Isle of Man in Britain with Claire Danes.

19^th September 2007

Quote: "I ran to him when the curtain went down and said, 'Why did you bite me?' and he said, 'Well, I got excited.'" Eartha Kitt on the Hollywood fable that she was once bitten by TIME RUNS co-star Orson Welles, who called the singer/actress, now 80, "the most exciting woman in the world."

10^th July 2007

Fact: The former Beverly Hills, California mansion of late newspaper tycoon WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST - the inspiration for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane - is on the property market at $165,000,000 (GBP82,500,000).

6^th March 2006

Fact: George Clooney is only the the fifth star to be nominated for acting, directing and writing awards in the same year. The other four are Orson Welles (1942), Woody Allen (1978), Warren Beatty (1979 and 1982) and Roberto Benigni (1999).

6^th March 2006

Fact: George Clooney is only the the fifth star to be nominated for acting, directing and writing awards in the same year. The other four are Orson Welles (1942), Woody Allen (1978), Warren Beatty (1979 and 1982) and Roberto Benigni (1999).