Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.

It is very hard to cast a number of plays adequately from the same company of actors without several parts being miscast.

One mustn't allow acting to be like stoc kbroker - you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.

You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie.

Most of my friends seem to be either dead, extremely deaf or living on the wrong side of Kent.

Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.