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.

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

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.

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

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

That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting.

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.