The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

I acted my heart out.

All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.