Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is.

Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite.

Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?

Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like.

The tragedian will always be a limited tragedian if he has not learned how to laugh. The comedian who cannot weep will never touch the highest levels of mirth.

Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.

If you are standing in one place waiting for something to change, you may be there for a while. You've got to move. Step up and take a swing. Make something happen

The surest of stubborn silences is not to hold one's tongue but to talk

I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.

The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.

I don't believe in reincarnation, but what were you when you were alive?

I get recognized a lot now. It's great.

The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

If you don't dissagree with me, how will I know I'm right?

I hope my twin brother will look exactly like me but more sporty.