The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I love the theatre and theatre people.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.

I was rather a fat little boy.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

I never want to know the range of my voice. It has to be impulsive, and I don't want to kill the mystery.

I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.

When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

[Pope] Francis ought to be taken at his word when he says, as he has often done, that he is a son of the Church who believes and teaches what the Catholic Church believes and teaches.

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.

From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet.

As far as heroes thorough the years, I’d say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie.

Can you ever “solve” poverty? Can you ever “solve” crime? Can you ever “solve” disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no.

A friend giveth sympathy in trouble.