<i>S</i>imon Callow is to be commended for <i>Hello Americans</i>, as it is not only the best biography of Welles that we can possibly have, it is also <b>one of the best biographies in any field I've read in years</b>
- Sunday Express, Roger Lewis
<b>The research is breathtaking.</b> The book is bursting with details, references and anecdotes
- James Christopher, The Times
<i>Hello Americans</i> is full of witty asides...As a biographer, Callow is a match for his subject in terms of showmanship, but he has gifts of analysis that eluded Welles... <b>enchanting</b>
- Christopher Silvester, Sunday Times
There is here <b>some of the most vivid and instructive writing on the craft of movie and stage acting I've ever read</b>
- Philip French, Observer
This is a bitter-sweet book: we say goodbye to the very best of company but we also look forward to Callow bringing that company back to life in his third volume
- Tom Dewe Matthews, Independent on Sunday