... so many tremendous decisions in life are made because it is five o'clock.

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.

I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding.

A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.

The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.

He's liked, but he's not well liked.

I regard the theatre as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone.