The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

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.

Life is enthusiasm, zest.

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

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

I'm rather bored by the subject - meaning me. It's a sort of a yoke, but at times you know, a yoke is a kind of comfort. And it's always there.

Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea.