Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!

Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.

Where words leave off, gesture begins. Don't we speak of a person being speechless with rage, dancing with impatience, setting his teeth? The final motions of the soul are speechless, animal, grotesque, or of an incomparable beauty.

Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.