If you're an artist, you've got to prove it.

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.

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.

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

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.

The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.