The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

Slow down? Rest? With all eternity before me?

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist.

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.