The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.

Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts.

Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

I don't think there's anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of your clothing.

That's where I'd like to be: when the business says here's a good actor who is marketable so we can use him. Just that.