Welles lavished praise on actors he admired such as Joseph Cotten, his co-star in The Third Man ("brilliant") and John Wayne ("some of the best manners of almost any actor I've ever met in Hollywood"). But at others he hurled insults. At one point another titan of acting, Richard Burton, approached him in the restaurant, saying: "Elizabeth [Taylor] is with me. She so much wants to meet you. Can I bring her over?" Welles replied: "No. As you can see, I'm in the middle of my lunch."
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 29 June 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
When you're a conspicuous genius and aging enfant terrible there were certain conventions which must be upheld and rudeness to Richard Burton was one.
― Aimless, Saturday, 29 June 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
never get between orson welles and his lunch
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 29 June 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
especially when he was working on the second bottle
― Aimless, Saturday, 29 June 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
see Welles thread for the full story, slowpoke
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 30 June 2013 00:29 (ten years ago) link
yes i carefully excerpt it so one doesnt need to read crappy ilx film threads
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Sunday, 30 June 2013 00:34 (ten years ago) link