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?

In spite of a heavy disguise, a few days' growth on my face, dark glasses, a beret and one of William's jackets that fitted me not at all, as I emerged from a hotel in Lecce, a young fisherman pointed me out to his friends and said "Lavrenche Olivaire." It was not all that amazing; if you're not known in Italy, you're not known anywhere.

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

Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

What is the main problem of the actor? It is to keep the audience awake, and not let them go to sleep, then wake up and go home feeling they've wasted their money.

No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.

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