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

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

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.

In the great wealth, the great firmament of your nation's generosities this particular choice may perhaps be found by future generations as a trifle eccentric, but the mere fact of it . . . the prodigal, pure, human kindness of it . . . must be seen as a beautiful star in that firmament which shines upon me at this moment, dazzling me a little, but filling me with warmth of the extraordinary elation, the euphoria that happens to so many of us at the first breath of the majestic glow of a new tomorrow.

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.

My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.