Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich.

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

... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualities he is called upon to exhibit.... [he] must leave behind him the cares and vexations of life, throw aside his personality for several hours, and move in the dream of another life, forgetting everything.

Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

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