Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.

I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.

We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.