I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that I wanted, as it were, to leave an impression of a particular kind of human being.

I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.

Cheating on a quiz show? That's sort of like plagiarizing a comic strip.

The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor.

I decided a long time ago I didn't want to be a star personality and live my life out in public. I don't think it's a good idea to wave personality about like a flag and become labeled.

Oh, I suppose my wife and I will open a bottle of champagne with another couple.

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.

Privacy is not negotiable.

As you get older, the more you know, so the more nervous you become. The risks are much bigger.

It isn't difficult to leave King Lear or Macbeth, but once you have gone back to yourself, you want it to be the same self you have always been.

Enthusiasm is life.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

My mind has been both my best friend and my worst enemy.

If the greenhouse effect is a blanket in which we wrap ourselves to keep warm, nuclear winter kicks the blanket off.

Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

No lie can live forever.

It's a masterpiece [The Exorcist]. This is an honor. I know you may not think so, but it really is. How many movies in our lifetime? This is an honor.

Constant Penelope sends to thee, careless Ulysses. Write not again, but come, sweet mate

You can drink out of Lincoln's nose. They got the Hard Rock t-shirts. They got Elvis, too.

Why have a locked wiki when you can instead just post static Web pages?