Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.

I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.

Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I'm a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I'm unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.