I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

The knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious

no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.

All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.

To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.

Once in a while, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.

One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.

If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.

Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.

We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.

The most powerful control we can ever attain, is to be in control of ourselves.

Motherhood, true motherhood, was what went on when no one else could see.

Love always gives freedom.

You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.

Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to pledge to rule on issues in a particular way.

Let us never stop being vigilant about the Oys which face us. But let us never turn them into our raison d'etre. Let us also celebrate the JOYS.

Activity and creativity almost always flow to the least regulated arena.

Whether I'm shooting 10-under or 10-over I have to realize people have come a long way to see me play. I can't be back-handing putts.

Playing Chelsea is as tough a test as you'll get in Europe these days.