Without acting, I cannot breathe.

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

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

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

Acting, is not a profession for adults.

There is a spirit in us that makes our brass to blare and our cymbals crash-all, of course, supported by the practicalities of trained lung power, throat, heart, guts.

What is the main problem of the actor? It is to keep the audience awake, and not let them go to sleep, then wake up and go home feeling they've wasted their money.