An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts. Whenever we want something from somebody or when we want to hide something or pretend, we're acting. Most people do it all day long.

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

George Bernard Shaw said that thinking was the greatest of all human endeavors, but I would say that feeling was. Allowing yourself to feel things, to feel love or wrath, hatred, rage.

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.