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

I have to act to live.

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

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

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

I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book.

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