The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.

I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.