The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.

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

Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.

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.

The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.

Awards don't really mean much.