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.

[on whether he harbored any resentment at his forced retirement from the stage after he was fired by Britain's National Theater] I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare... An actor must act.

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

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

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.

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

Acting, is not a profession for adults.