A biography for Orson Beanhasn’t been written yet.
“If there should be one place where you should forget politics, forget whether you're liberal or conservative, whether you hate Trump or love him, it should be the ballgame.”
“Being happy is a revolutionary act; I think it spreads, like ripples in a pond.”
“I love Spike Jonze. He's brilliant.”
“I used to picture myself as the old guy eating the Early Bird Specials in the mall.”
“Being a good game show panelist is like being a virtuoso of the kazoo.”
“God is being siphoned out of the public arena. People don't even say God bless you when you sneeze anymore. I want to be able to lay a Merry Christmas on someone without its feeling like a political statement.”
“I just feel lucky; I just feel happy to be alive.”
“I knew people who were real Communists but never made it onto the blacklist and kept on working. There were also people reputed to be Communists who weren't.”
“I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.”
“Back in the fifties I was the hot, young comic on CBS and a regular on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' I was also starring in shows on Broadway and acting in dramatic programs on television. Those were the glory days of television. It was like theater. It was live. If an actor forgot a line, he improvised. There was an immediacy to it.”
“The only real benefit of being famous is being recognized by head waiters and getting good tables at restaurants. The rest is part ego trip and part inconvenience.”
“War was a way of life for Americans in the early forties. Heroism was expected.”
“I mean, acting is so easy! I love it and I'm good at it.”
“I think people are afraid to be original.”
“I never cared what anyone thought about me.”
“I like to work. I like to go every night and play a part.”
“I don't know anyone who doesn't have an empty spot at the center of him, which must be filled in order to be really happy. That spot, like it or not, is reserved for God.”