I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying and when I am not. For what is acting but lying and what is good acting but convincing lying?

Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is - and not so much a matter of being real.

I have to act to live.

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.

You think you're an artist; prove it