I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.

Above all, a director has to be a good captain.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

The physical mechanics of sex are pretty funny unless you are engaged in them. Then they are, of course, marvelous.

To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles.

I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.