Have A Very Good Reason For Everything

Of All The Things I've Done In Life, Directing A Motion Picture Is The Most Beautiful. It's The Most Exciting And The Nearest Than An Interpretive Craftsman, Such As An Actor Can Possibly Get To Being A Creator.

A Sexual Athlete Is Not Likely To Find Sufficient Energy For Work Of Another Athletic Kind, And The Acting Of Great Parts Most Definitely Was And Always Will Be Athletic, Depending On Inner If Not On Visible Energy. Members Of Other Professions That Depend On The Expenditure Of Physical Energy Must, I Believe, Find Similar Difficulties When Attempting To Double Up On Their Energies. One Has Often Heard That The Most Magnificent Specimens Of Boxers, Wrestlers And Champions In Almost Every Branch Of Athletic Sport Prove To Be Disappointing Upon The Removal Of That Revered Jockstrap.

Shakespeare - The Nearest Thing In Incarnation To The Eye Of God.

Striving For Perfection Is The Greatest Stopper There Is. You'll Be Afraid You Can't Achieve It. It's Your Excuse To Yourself For Not Doing Anything. Instead, Strive For Excellence, Doing Your Best.

[on Whether He Harbored Any Resentment At His Forced Retirement From The Stage After He Was Fired By Britain's National Theater] I Should Be Soaring Away With My Head Tilted Slightly Toward The Gods, Feeding On The Caviar Of Shakespeare... An Actor Must Act.