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

I was surprised when I was asked to play Miss Daisy and wondered if I could - only in part because she was Jewish but, also because she was a Southern woman who has hardly opened her mouth before she declares she's not prejudiced, and yet everything she does shows how totally prejudiced she is.

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.

Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.

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

A conservative frame of mind is very limiting for an actor, and a human being, too.

When somebody can't reveal what they're after - whether by word or by how the camera is set up, lighting, etcetera - it's like an electronic beep beep; it interferes very much with what we actors can do. And, after all, the director wants the actors to be bringing forth the best that they can, according to whatever vision he has.