Usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature.

I never accept lengthy film roles nowadays, because I am always so afraid I will die in the middle of shooting and cause such awful problems.

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

Ingrid Bergman speaks five languages and can’t act in any of them.

I am all in favour of spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned and ruthlessly controlled.

Being another character is more interesting than being 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.