We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.