I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life size.

What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?

The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Without acting I cannot breathe.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life- it's an exhalation of life and I think I you probably need a little touch of madness.

I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor - to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.