I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.

You don't get to know anybody in a movie until after it's over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.

Sometimes you're fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.

An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you, so that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It's an extraordinary thing. It's wild turf up there.

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.