Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.

Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.

Acting is an everlasting search for truth.

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

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.

In spite of a heavy disguise, a few days' growth on my face, dark glasses, a beret and one of William's jackets that fitted me not at all, as I emerged from a hotel in Lecce, a young fisherman pointed me out to his friends and said "Lavrenche Olivaire." It was not all that amazing; if you're not known in Italy, you're not known anywhere.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.