Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity.

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

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.

I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life size.

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

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

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.