Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

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.

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.

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?

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.

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