Once when Orson Welles was lecturing in a small Midwestern town before a very sparse audience, he opened his remarks with a brief sketch of his career. Said he, “I’m a director of plays and also a producer of plays. I write and produce motion pictures and I write, direct, and act on the radio. I’m a magician and painter. I’ve published books. I play the violin and the piano.”
At this point he paused and, surveying his audience, remarked, “Isn’t it a pity there’s so many of me and so few of you!”
Source:
Humes, James C. Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. 192-93. Print.
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