We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.

One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.

We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.

I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.

Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one's own experience and sensations, to make one's self heard and seen.