I actually get venereal disease more often than most people catch colds.

The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.

The flamenco of the Gypsy has nothing to do with the flamenco for tourists. Real flamenco is like sex.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

I wish I'd never been an actor. I'd rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body, than selling my tears and my laughter, my grief and my joy.

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't.