I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.

A deeper truth the camera can see can be more surprising than even the director imagined it could be. That's a wonderful thing that grows and happens in films.

One must never comment as an actor, never show that a character is shallow or vindictive, but let that be conveyed. I mean, none of us thinks of ourselves as being vindictive or shallow - perhaps we should.

We will always want films ... that basically are centred on young people, because young people is the way we live on, we older people, insofar as we live on.

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.

What a script says that isn't dialogue is as important as the spoken word.

Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings