I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.

In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake.

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.

There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.

There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.