I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

A lot of people who are straight-shooting…they’re only happy to be so blunt when talking about others. They’re not so upfront about who they are, what flaws they have, and what their issues are.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

I have learned that it is no one else’s job to take care of me but me.

Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.

Accepting both the opportunity and the responsibility evokes a great deal of humility.

It sucked to be old enough to want to know what was going on, but so young you were always dismissed.

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

The solution to the problem of the day is the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity within.

Sometimes there's not a direct transfer of skills from business to government, but sometimes what happened in business would be really bad for government.

War is a trade of kings.