I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.