Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of it in any other way.

There is a thing called the death wish, a literal thing. It doesn't mean you want to die. It just means however we're built, as we get into these years, some inner part of you does begin to accept the fact that you're heading towards the end, and there's a peace that comes with that.

I would rather spend one night with Dracula dead than with my husband alive.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself

When I closed in "King Lear" I went into a period of depression for about three weeks, and every actor I've talked to who's ever played a major, major Shakespeare role has done this.

You can only lead by example, and you can only say it might be better for you if. But nobody can do anything until they're ready to do it. So you can sit down with a strong-minded young man of 24, as my son was at a point, and say now listen, this, this, this, and this.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.