You relax within the verse. You realize the structure of the verse and relax into it. It's like swimming. Or riding a bike. You can't make it sound real if you are thinking it through as you go. You can't think through Shakespeare, you have to speak it. And listen to the rhythm of it and then it takes you over. And to make it sound real you speak as if you believe it. Don't act it. Just be it.

By giving up 'the need' and 'the want', things begin to happen for you

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with-life's too short.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky.

I am young! Being creative and keeping your brain occupied is very sensible because if you don't you die, slowly.

Working with Katherine Hepburn, she said to me, "Don't act." She said, "Read the lines. Just be. Just speak the lines." I said, "Okay." She said, "You look good. You got a good pair of shoulders, you got a good head, good face."