Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.

The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.

It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.

To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.

The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.