Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power.

Work for the actor lies essentially in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality.

Seventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent.

Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?

The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe.

The human being who acts is the human being who lives.

Like the Bible, Stanislavsky's basic texts on acting can be quoted to any purpose.

A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.

An actors' tribute to me is in his work.

Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.

Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.

The more I learn about myself, the more I realize it isn't about me.

Love is something you fall into.

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.

America needs ObamaCare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

There is no uniform, global model for democracy.