I know many of the critics and I don't think of them as God-like figures. What can they do to hurt me? Sure, I might be slightly embarrassed for a day, but then you just go your own way.

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.

The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

Fall. Stand. Learn. Adapt.

You make friends with older people and you always feel young no matter what.

An inner darkness is darker than an outer darkness.

Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick.

My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.

I'm not a great actor in the sense that I can't fake it if I'm going through something difficult.

It can take years to earn respect, but it only takes one day to lose it.

When in doubt, delete it.

Mind, brain, and body make the man, and the man is capable of so much!