Why Orson Welles Should Not Be Your Role Model

“[He is] seen as a man who once had it all in terms of power and freedom … [Yet] Welles stubbornly insisted on keeping his freedom long after he had to relinquish his power, which makes him a troubled role model at best. Some people who continue to envy the power he once had wind up resenting the freedom he continued to exercise, especially when it became the freedom to hold back his work for one reason or another.”