What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.
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.
Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity.
Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.
Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest than an interpretive craftsman, such as an actor can possibly get to being a creator.